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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A specific type of strategic alliance in which the partners agree to form a separate independent organization for some business purpose.






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Figurehead - leader - liaison






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






19. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The manager makes the final decision after gaining feedback from stakeholders; authority is still somewhat centralised; communication is a two way process.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






46. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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