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Management

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An MNC that decentralizes management and other decisions to the local country where its doing business






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






11. Goals - People and Structure






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






48. 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






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






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