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Management

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






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






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






4. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






8. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






29. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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