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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






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






16. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






17. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






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






39. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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