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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






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






4. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






8. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Making products domestically and selling them abroad