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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Entailing making decisions or choices






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






9. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






23. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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