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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • 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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






33. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






43. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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