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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






30. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






31. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Individuals who are responsible for making decisions about the direction of the organization and establishing policies that affect all organizational memebers






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






49. 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






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