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Management

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The use of scientific methods to define the "one best way" for a job to be done - Frederick Winslow Taylor.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






16. A managers ability to work with understand mentor and motivate other both individually and in groups






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






47. 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






48. Figurehead - leader - liaison






49. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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