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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. How much autonomy should be designed into employees jobs - Whether task should be done by individuals or in teams - The degree to which department managers interact with each other






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






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






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






30. 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






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






32. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






36. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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