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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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 management decision take into account the effects on people in the organization






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






30. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






33. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Whether to impose external controls or allow employees to control their own actions - What criteria should be emphasized in employee performance evaluations - What repercussions will occur from exceeding ones budget






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






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






43. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






50. 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