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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






5. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






6. 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






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






8. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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