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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which management decision take into account the effects on people in the organization






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






3. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Goals - People and Structure






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Figurehead - leader - liaison






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






40. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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