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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






12. 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






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






14. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






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






16. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






36. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






37. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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