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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






18. 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






19. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






48. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






50. 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