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Management

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






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






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






4. 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






5. Goals - People and Structure






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






7. 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






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






9. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






10. The biological heritage (including physical characteristics such as ones skin color and associated traits that people use to identify themselves






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Mentor - dissemination - spokesperson






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






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






39. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Making products domestically and selling them abroad