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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson