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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






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






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






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






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






6. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






15. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






21. 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






22. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Entailing making decisions or choices