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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






13. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






49. Goals - People and Structure






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