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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. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






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






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






22. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Figurehead - leader - liaison






30. 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






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






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






33. Goals - People and Structure






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






35. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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