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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






16. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






17. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






42. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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