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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. Benefits that provide a wide range of scheduling options and allow employees more flexibility at work accommodating their needs for work-life balance






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






29. Goals - People and Structure






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






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






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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







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