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






2. The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction - What leadership styles are appropriate - Whether all disagreements--even constructive ones--should be eliminated






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






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






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






6. The degree of risk that plans should contain - Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams - The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage






7. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Ways in which people in a workforce are similar and different from one another in terms of gender age race sexual orientation ethnicity cultural background and physical abilities and dissablities






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






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






17. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






19. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






21. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






50. 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






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