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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Any type of international company that maintains operations in multiple countries






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






29. Figurehead - leader - liaison






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






33. View that says ethical decisions are made in order to respect and protect individual liberties and privileges






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






44. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






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






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






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







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