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






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure






17. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Figurehead - leader - liaison






31. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






39. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






45. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






46. 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






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






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






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






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