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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






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






4. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure






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






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






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






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. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






12. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






15. Figurehead - leader - liaison






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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