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






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






3. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






8. 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.






9. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






50. 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