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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Economic - Global - Political/Legal - Socio cultural - Technological - demographics. In the middle THE ORGANIZATION`






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






3. 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






4. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






24. 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






25. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






26. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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







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