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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






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






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






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






38. An agreement in which an organization gives another the right for a fee to make or sell its products using its technology or product specifications






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






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






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






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






43. Goals - People and Structure






44. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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