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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






10. 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






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






12. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






16. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






18. Entailing making decisions or choices






19. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






44. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






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






46. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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