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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. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






15. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






23. Entailing making decisions or choices






24. 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






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






26. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






29. 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






30. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






34. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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