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Management

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






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






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






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






5. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






8. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






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






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






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






27. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






29. Goals - People and Structure






30. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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