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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Goals - People and Structure






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






19. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






31. 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






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






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






34. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






46. 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.






47. 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






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






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






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