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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are aggressive and competitive rather than cooperative






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






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






4. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






6. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






8. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






35. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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