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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






22. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






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






24. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






39. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






49. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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