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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






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






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






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






12. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






18. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






43. 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






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






45. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information