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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How much autonomy should be designed into employees jobs - Whether task should be done by individuals or in teams - The degree to which department managers interact with each other






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






30. The manager makes decisions alone - but explains the reasons to employees; authority is centralised and communication is one way.






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






43. 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






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






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






46. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






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






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






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






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