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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A direct investment in a foreign country that involves setting up a separate and independent facility or office






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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






15. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






20. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Goals - People and Structure






29. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






30. 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






31. Entailing making decisions or choices






32. 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






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






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






35. The shared values principles traditions and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act






36. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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