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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






2. 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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






18. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






19. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






23. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






33. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






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






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






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






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






48. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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