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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any equipment tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






28. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






31. Figurehead - leader - liaison






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






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