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






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






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






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






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






6. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






7. 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






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






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. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






21. Goals - People and Structure






22. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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