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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks






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






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






4. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






7. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






17. 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






18. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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