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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






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






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






4. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Goals - People and Structure






16. Figurehead - leader - liaison






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Entailing making decisions or choices






46. 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






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






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






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






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