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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






24. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






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






34. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






48. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






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






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