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Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) In situations, therefore, where the work-force has strong union backing pay is as much open to free market forces as to the influence of the threat of union sanctions B) When trade union influence is weak, or where there is no union influence at all, such coercion is much more evident

The activities of most companies are too complicated _______ be organized in a single hierarchy

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) There is a blurred line or chain of command running down the pyramid B) Shortly before the first world war, the French industrialist Henry Fayol organized his coal-mining business according to the functions that it had to carry out

And this is one _______ of keeping authority at lower levels, but it is not necessarily a very efficient one

People are usually more concerned with the success of their department than that of the company, _______ there are permanent battles between, for example, finance and marketing, or marketing and production, which have incompatible goals

Chose three possible answers: He is involved in the _______ management work involved in implementing the board’s wishes

Chose three possible answers: As the chief executive he _______ a link between the board and his fellow managers, and to him falls the responsibility for seeing that management carries out the policies and decisions of the board

Choose two possible answers: It's true that there is only a statement that the registered office is _______ in England

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Choose the right preposition: The market could understand data concerning companies’ earnings, but it was highly inefficient ...valuing assets, including land, buildings and pension funds

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) There are twenty seven steps to be taken before starting your business B) To choose the legal structure of the business is a very small step in the decisions you will have to make

Choose two possible answers: It's clear that the actual address _______ be changed by an ordinary resolution of the members. This requires a 51 per cent majority

Choose the right preposition: The perfect targets for such buyouts were companies with huge cash reserves that enabled the buyer to pay the interest ...the debt, or companies with successful subsidiaries that could be sold to repay the principal, or companies in fields that are not sensitive to a recession, such as food and tobacco

A private company is controlled by a _______ of Directors elected by the shareholders – one share, one vote

Choose two possible answers: The company itself has rights and powers separate and different from those of the natural or legal _______ who compose it and are its shareholders

By that time you’ll be gone and someone _______ will have to handle the problems

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Such businesses that are not undervalued (to be) at little risk

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The holder has _______ line authority, and is not integrated into the chain of command, unlike, for example, the Assistant Marketing Manager, who is number two in the marketing department.

A limited company has limited _______ and this is indicated by the letters ltd after its name

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) Most large manufacturing organizations have a functional structure, including (among others) production, finance, marketing, sales, and personnel or staff departments B) Separating functions between departments is likely to encourage innovation

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) The amount of money available for investing in a business can be increased by forming a partnership of at least two people, who all contribute capital to the business and share the profit in agreed proportions B) Like sole proprietors, partnerships have unlimited liability and there are no special legal requirements

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Choose two possible answers: The rule is that a private _______, whether limited by shares or guarantee, must end its name with the word ‘limited’

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There was little risk of making a loss with a buyout, as the debts (to incure) were guaranteed by the companies’ assets

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Small companies are generally flexible and can quickly respond to market conditions, but their narrow range of customers (to cause) problematic fluctuations in turnover and profit

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But one solution to this is matrix management, in _______. people report to more than one superior

Chose three possible answers: Such rights are of special _______ in the case of a projected takeover or merger

Often a private limited company _______ a Public limited company, which must put the letters plc after its name

The share price _______ go up if the plc is making good profits and will go down if it is not doing so well

Put the verb in brackets in the right form:This was, in very many industries, (to deal) with through joint industrial councils (JICs), supported by the Government, consisting of equal numbers of members from employers’ associations and relevant trade unions

Choose the right preposition: ... the car business, the challenger actually advertises this fact: for many years Avis used the slogan ‘We’re number two. We try harder.’

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The permanent threat of a takeover or a buyout is clearly a disincentive to long-term capital investment, as a company will (to lose) its investment if a raider tries to break it up as soon as its share price falls below expectations

Choose the right preposition: There was little risk ... making a loss with a buyout, as the debts incurred were guaranteed by the companies’ assets

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: A lot of market followers (to concentrate) on market segmentation: finding a profitable niche in the market that is not satisfied by other goods or services, and that offers growth potential or gives the company a differential advantage because of its specific competencies

Choose two possible answers: Presumably this clause must _______ the amount of the company’s authorised capital and its division into fixed nominal value

Choose the right preposition: Some market followers concentrate on market segmentation: finding a profitable niche in the market that is not satisfied by other goods or services, and that offers growth potential or gives the company a differential advantage because ... its specific competencies

Instead of _______ all fired up about something, they go through one or two reorgs and get disorientated

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: For many markets there (to be) a definite market leader: the firm with the largest market share

Chose three possible answers: Impartiality on the part of a director is difficult because he may have a personal interest in a _______ that has come up for discussion or action

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: It is a very wide topic sometimes (to see) as separate from personnel management, but nevertheless within the broad compass of the personnel function

Choose two possible answers: We _______ why they are there, because they’ve had two bosses in six months, and their job has changed twice

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Choose the right preposition: Disputes and grievances are often dealt with by joint consultative committees (to compose) of representatives from management and workers

The sense is at Apple that if you don’t like where you are, don’t worry, because three to six months from now everything is going to be different

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: They are vulnerable in a recession when, largely for psychological reasons, distributors, retailers and customers all (to prefer) to buy from big well-known suppliers

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Which of the two assertions are true and which are false? A) Co-operation with trade unions may help an organisation to meet more easily the obligations placed on employers by government regulations and statutes B) Some changes in working practices and necessary redeployment of workers can be more easily effected if implemented with union co-operation