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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






16. Goals - People and Structure






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






42. The manager makes decisions alone - but explains the reasons to employees; authority is centralised and communication is one way.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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