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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






3. Job-specific knowledge and techniques needed to perform work tasks






4. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






10. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






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






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






13. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Individuals who are responsible for making decisions about the direction of the organization and establishing policies that affect all organizational memebers






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






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






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






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