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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Goals - People and Structure






9. Figurehead - leader - liaison






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






28. 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






29. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






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






31. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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