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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






2. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






46. 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






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






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






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






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