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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






3. 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






4. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






18. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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.






31. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






32. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






47. An agreement in which an organization gives other organization the right for a fee to use its name and operating methods






48. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






50. Supervisors responsible for directing the day to day activities of non managerial employees