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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Degree to which employees are encouraged to be innovative and take risks






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






3. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction - What leadership styles are appropriate - Whether all disagreements--even constructive ones--should be eliminated






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Goals - People and Structure






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






50. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information