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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 20 minutes. 1 minute extra for reading the instructions.
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1. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






28. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






29. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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