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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






48. 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.






49. Entailing making decisions or choices






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