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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






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






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






4. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






21. 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






22. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






37. 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






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






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






40. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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.






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