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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






18. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






19. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






24. Goals - People and Structure






25. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






27. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






39. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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