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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks






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






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






4. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






27. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Figurehead - leader - liaison






41. Entailing making decisions or choices






42. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






45. 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






46. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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






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






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






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