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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Minimal Global investment - Global sourcing- exporting and importing - licensing - franchising - strategic alliance - joint venture - foreign subsidiary. - Significant global investment






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






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






26. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






29. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






39. Entailing making decisions or choices






40. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






42. 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






43. Attention to detail - innovation and risk taking - stability - aggressiveness - team orientation - people orientation - outcome orientation.






44. Goals - People and Structure






45. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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