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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Goals - People and Structure






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






33. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






35. 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.






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






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






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






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






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






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