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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






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






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






4. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






5. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






7. 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.






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






9. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






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






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






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






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






46. Figurehead - leader - liaison






47. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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