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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






12. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






17. Goals - People and Structure






18. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






26. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






29. 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






30. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






35. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






40. Figurehead - leader - liaison






41. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






43. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






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






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






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






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






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