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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involving people (subordinates and persons outside the organization) and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






18. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






22. Goals - People and Structure






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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