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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






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






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






4. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






40. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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