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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Managers allow employees to take full responsibility for decisions within their areas; authority is decentralised.






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






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






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






5. Figurehead - leader - liaison






6. 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






7. 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






8. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






10. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






12. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A set of rules or principles that defines right and wrong conduct






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