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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. View that says ethical decisions are made solely on the basis of their outcomes or consequences






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






11. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






17. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






20. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






34. Part-time temporary and contract workers who are available for hire on an as-needed basis






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






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






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






38. The manager encourages employees to become actively involved in the decision-making process; authority is decentralised and communication is a two way process.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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