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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






10. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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