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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






16. Figurehead - leader - liaison






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Individuals who are responsible for making decisions about the direction of the organization and establishing policies that affect all organizational memebers






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






31. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






36. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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