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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Includes motivating employees directing the activites of other selecting the most effective communication channel and resolving conflicts






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Figurehead - leader - liaison






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Goals - People and Structure






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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