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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






16. The manager encourages employees to become actively involved in the decision-making process; authority is decentralised and communication is a two way process.






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






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






19. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






27. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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