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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






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






23. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






38. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






39. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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.






46. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






47. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






49. 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






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