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






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






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






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






6. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






8. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






29. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






30. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






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






32. Making products domestically and selling them abroad






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






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






35. 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






36. A managers ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations






37. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Entailing making decisions or choices






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