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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






14. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






16. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






34. 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






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






36. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






37. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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