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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






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






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






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






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






6. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






40. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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