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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






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






4. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






25. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






45. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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