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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 25 questions in 10 minutes.
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1. View that says ethical decisions are made solely on the basis of their outcomes or consequences






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






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






4. 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






5. The characteristics of a population used for purposes of social stuidies






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






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






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






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






10. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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. A systematic arrangement of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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