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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






16. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






18. 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






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






20. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






26. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






30. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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