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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






2. 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






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






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






5. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






6. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Autocratic - Persuasive - Consultative - Participative - Laissez-Faire






21. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






23. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






37. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






40. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






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






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