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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






20. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






32. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






33. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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