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






2. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






10. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






46. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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