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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Includes monitoring performance comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Figurehead - leader - liaison






39. Entailing making decisions or choices






40. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






49. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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