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Management

Subject : business-skills
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1. A formal document that states an organizations primary values and the ethical rules its expects managers and non managerial employees to follow






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






3. Figurehead - leader - liaison






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






5. Entrepreneur - Disturbance handler - resource allocator - negortiator






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Acquiring products made abroad and selling them domestically






18. 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






19. 1st Top Managers 2nd Middle managers 3rd First-Line Managers 4th Non managerial employees.






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






21. A managers ability to build a power base and establish the right connections






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Involving collecting receiving and disseminating information






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Entailing making decisions or choices






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