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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






17. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






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






20. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






31. Goals - People and Structure






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.