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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






23. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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







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