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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. Figurehead - leader - liaison






28. Goals - People and Structure






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






36. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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