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






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






4. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






9. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






11. Figurehead - leader - liaison






12. 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






13. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






46. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






48. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






49. Whether to impose external controls or allow employees to control their own actions - What criteria should be emphasized in employee performance evaluations - What repercussions will occur from exceeding ones budget






50. 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