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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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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Figurehead - leader - liaison






8. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






19. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A narrow focus in which managers see thing only through their own eyes and from their own perspective






48. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






49. Degree to which work is organized around team rather than individuals






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