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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






2. 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.






3. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






10. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






21. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Any type of international company that maintains operations in multiple countries






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






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






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






32. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






38. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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