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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






15. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






16. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






19. Goals - People and Structure






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






21. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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