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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






24. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






25. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






36. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






46. Degree to which managers focus on results or outcomes rather than on how these outcomes are achived






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






48. 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






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






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