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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. Degree to which employees are expected to exhibit precision analysis and attention to detial






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






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






4. A partnership between an organization and a foreign company partners in which both share resources and knowledge in developing new products of building production facilities.






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






23. 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






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






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






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






27. A business firms intention beyond its legal and economic obligations to do the right things act in ways that are good for society






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






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






30. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






41. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information







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