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






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






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






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






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






6. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






14. Entailing making decisions or choices






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






24. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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