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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






2. 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






3. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






5. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






9. Degree to which organizational decisions and actions emphasize maintaining the status quo






10. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






14. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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






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