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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






8. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






34. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






36. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






39. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






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






42. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






44. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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