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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The manager makes all decisions alone - with centralised authority and one-way communication.






2. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






6. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






47. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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