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






2. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






7. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






35. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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