Test your basic knowledge |

Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to respect and protect individual liberties and privileges






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






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






4. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






33. 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






34. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






47. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






50. 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