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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






18. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






19. Goals - People and Structure






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






44. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






48. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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