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Test your basic knowledge |

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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






25. Figurehead - leader - liaison






26. 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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






48. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






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






50. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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