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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Specific categories of managerial behavior often grouped around interpersonal relationships information transfer and decision making






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






3. Cultures in which the key values are deeply held and widely shared






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Individuals in an organization who direct the activities of others






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






39. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






41. 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






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






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






44. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






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






46. The view that managers are directly responsible for an organizations success or failure






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






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






49. 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






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