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






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






3. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






4. Goals - People and Structure






5. 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






6. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






47. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






50. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically