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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






19. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






32. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






33. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






38. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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