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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






8. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






14. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






15. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






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






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






18. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






39. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Entailing making decisions or choices






50. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information