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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






22. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






23. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






36. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






37. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






38. 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






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






40. Purchasing materials or labor from around the world wherever it is cheapest






41. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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