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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






20. 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






21. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






25. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. An independent business having fewer than 500 employees that doesn't necessarily engage in any new or innovative practices and has relatively little impact on its industry






44. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






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