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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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