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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






11. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to enforce rules fairly and impartially






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






22. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






24. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






25. 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






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






27. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






29. Goals - People and Structure






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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