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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Social traits such as ones cultural background or allegiance that are shared by a human population






2. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






3. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






4. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






5. Degree to which employees are aggressive and competitive rather than cooperative






6. Minimal Global investment - Global sourcing- exporting and importing - licensing - franchising - strategic alliance - joint venture - foreign subsidiary. - Significant global investment






7. Degree to which management decision take into account the effects on people in the organization






8. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






9. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to enforce rules fairly and impartially






10. A structural arrangement for global organizations that eliminates artificial geographical barries






11. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






12. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to respect and protect individual liberties and privileges






13. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






14. Doing the right things or completing activities so that organizational goals are attained






15. Individuals who are responsible for making decisions about the direction of the organization and establishing policies that affect all organizational memebers






16. Ways in which people in a workforce are similar and different from one another in terms of gender age race sexual orientation ethnicity cultural background and physical abilities and dissablities






17. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






18. View that says ethical decisions are made solely on the basis of their outcomes or consequences






19. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






20. An agreement in which an organization gives another the right for a fee to make or sell its products using its technology or product specifications






21. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






22. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






23. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






24. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






25. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






26. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






27. An agreement in which an organization gives other organization the right for a fee to use its name and operating methods






28. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






29. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






30. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






31. Job-specific knowledge and techniques needed to perform work tasks






32. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






33. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






34. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






35. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






36. Includes determining what tasks are to be done who is to do them how the tasks are to be grouped whop reports to whom and who will make decisions






37. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






38. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






39. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






40. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






41. An MNC that decentralizes management and other decisions to the local country where its doing business






42. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






43. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






44. A narrow focus in which managers see thing only through their own eyes and from their own perspective






45. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






46. Degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks






47. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared






48. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






49. The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction - What leadership styles are appropriate - Whether all disagreements--even constructive ones--should be eliminated






50. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act