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Management

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






19. 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






20. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






47. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






50. 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