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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






11. Entailing making decisions or choices






12. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






20. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






24. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






34. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






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