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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






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






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






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






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






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






7. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






12. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






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






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






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






17. Job-specific knowledge and techniques needed to perform work tasks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






43. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Entailing making decisions or choices







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