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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. People who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others






2. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






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






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






6. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






7. Goals - People and Structure






8. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






12. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






20. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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