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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






11. 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






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






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Making products domestically and selling them abroad