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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






7. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






9. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






11. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






13. 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






14. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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