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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






2. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






15. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Goals - People and Structure






33. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






44. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






45. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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