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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. Goals - People and Structure






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






13. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






30. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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