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






2. 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






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






4. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






8. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






10. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






33. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






35. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






36. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






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






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






39. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






42. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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