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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






2. 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






3. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






11. 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






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






13. People who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others






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






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






16. The manager makes all decisions alone - with centralised authority and one-way communication.






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






48. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






50. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`