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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






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






3. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






5. Entailing making decisions or choices






6. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






7. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Includes defining goals establishing strategy and developing plans to coordinate activites






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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