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






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






4. 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






5. Goals - People and Structure






6. 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.






7. People who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others






8. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






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






19. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The number of components in an organizations environment and the extent of knowledge that the organizations has about those components






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






50. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations