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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






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






3. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






14. A boundary less world where goods and services are produced and marketed worlwide






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






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






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






18. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






38. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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