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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When employees are connected to satisfied with and enthusiastic about their jobs






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






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






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






5. A narrow focus in which managers see thing only through their own eyes and from their own perspective






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






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






8. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






10. 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.






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Figurehead - leader - liaison






46. 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






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






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






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






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