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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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






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






3. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






4. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Figurehead - leader - liaison






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






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






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






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






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






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






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 set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






38. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






40. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






44. 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






45. Any type of international company that maintains operations in multiple countries






46. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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