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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A structural arrangement for global organizations that eliminates artificial geographical barries






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






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






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






5. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






11. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






12. How much autonomy should be designed into employees jobs - Whether task should be done by individuals or in teams - The degree to which department managers interact with each other






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






14. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






20. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






33. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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