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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






29. Goals - People and Structure






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






31. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






34. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






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






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






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