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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. Entailing making decisions or choices






13. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






39. Figurehead - leader - liaison






40. Goals - People and Structure






41. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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