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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attention to detail - innovation and risk taking - stability - aggressiveness - team orientation - people orientation - outcome orientation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






16. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






19. When a business firm engages in social actions in response to some popular social need






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. The view that much of an organizations success or failure is due to external forces outside managers control






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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