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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






7. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






13. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






26. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






29. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






31. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






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






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






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






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






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