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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






20. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






25. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






26. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






46. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






48. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






49. 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






50. 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