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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes all decisions alone - with centralised authority and one-way communication.






2. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






37. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






50. 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