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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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






2. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






8. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






27. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






30. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






35. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






38. When a business firm engages in social actions because of its obligation to meet certain economic and legal responsibilities






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






48. 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






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






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