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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






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






3. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






31. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






34. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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