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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. Figurehead - leader - liaison






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






15. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






44. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






45. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






48. 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






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






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