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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees






2. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






10. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






36. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






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