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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Attention to detail - innovation and risk taking - stability - aggressiveness - team orientation - people orientation - outcome orientation.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






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






12. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






50. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator