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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. An MNC that centralizes management and other decisions in the home country






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Figurehead - leader - liaison






26. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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