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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Goals - People and Structure






13. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






15. 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






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






17. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






21. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






28. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






47. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






49. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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