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






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






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






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






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






7. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






10. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






27. 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






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






29. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






37. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Entailing making decisions or choices






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






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






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






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






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






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