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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A structural arrangement for global organizations that eliminates artificial geographical barries






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






38. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






50. 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