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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






33. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






34. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






39. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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