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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






35. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






47. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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