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Management

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






2. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






42. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






43. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Making products domestically and selling them abroad