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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






2. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






5. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






8. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






34. Doing things right or getting the most output from the least amount of inputs






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






42. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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