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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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






15. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






16. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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