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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






25. Goals - People and Structure






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






27. 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






28. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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