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






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






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






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






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






6. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






10. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






46. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






47. 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






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






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






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