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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






2. Figurehead - leader - liaison






3. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






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






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






6. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






7. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






8. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






9. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






10. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






13. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






15. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






16. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






17. An independent business having fewer than 500 employees that doesn't necessarily engage in any new or innovative practices and has relatively little impact on its industry






18. Social traits such as ones cultural background or allegiance that are shared by a human population






19. Attention to detail - innovation and risk taking - stability - aggressiveness - team orientation - people orientation - outcome orientation.






20. The manager encourages employees to become actively involved in the decision-making process; authority is decentralised and communication is a two way process.






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






22. Autocratic - Persuasive - Consultative - Participative - Laissez-Faire






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






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






25. 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






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






27. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






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






30. Goals - People and Structure






31. 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






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






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






34. Whether to impose external controls or allow employees to control their own actions - What criteria should be emphasized in employee performance evaluations - What repercussions will occur from exceeding ones budget






35. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






36. The manager makes decisions alone - but explains the reasons to employees; authority is centralised and communication is one way.






37. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






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






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






40. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






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






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






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






44. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






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






46. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






47. A companys ability to achieve its business goals and increase long-term shareholder value by integrating economic - environmental and social opportunities into its business strategies






48. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






50. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure