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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Any constituencies in an organizations environment that are affected by that organizations decisions and actions






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






3. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






5. Degree to which employees are aggressive and competitive rather than cooperative






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






36. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






38. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






40. 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






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






42. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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