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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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