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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






17. Figurehead - leader - liaison






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






19. Goals - People and Structure






20. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






42. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






43. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






46. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






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






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