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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






32. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






33. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






39. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






41. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






49. 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






50. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components