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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An MNC that decentralizes management and other decisions to the local country where its doing business






2. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






9. Factors forces situations and events outside the organization that affect its performance






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






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






12. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






27. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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