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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






9. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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