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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. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






12. 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.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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