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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of change and complexity in an organizations enviroment






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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






48. Goals - People and Structure






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






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