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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






9. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






13. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






24. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






38. 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






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






40. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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