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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Goals - People and Structure






15. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






18. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






37. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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