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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Employees - customers - unions - social and political action groups - shareholders - competitors - communities - Trade and industry associations - Suppliers - governments - media.






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






28. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






42. 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






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






44. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






45. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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