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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






3. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






8. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






10. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. An MNC that decentralizes management and other decisions to the local country where its doing business






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






40. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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