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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






43. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






45. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






47. 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






48. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






49. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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