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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. An agreement in which an organization gives other organization the right for a fee to use its name and operating methods






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






27. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






29. 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






30. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






41. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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