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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






31. 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






32. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






46. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






48. Figurehead - leader - liaison






49. 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






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