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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






10. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






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






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






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






14. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






43. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






44. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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