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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






34. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






38. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






40. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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