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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Individuals who are typically responsible for translating goals set by top managers into specific details that lower-level managers wills see get done






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction - What leadership styles are appropriate - Whether all disagreements--even constructive ones--should be eliminated






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






28. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






29. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. The process of getting things done effectively efficiently through and with other people






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






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






41. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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