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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Planning - Organizing - Leading - Controlling Middle ACHIEVING THE ORGANIZATIONS STATES PURPOSE.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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