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Understanding Business Strategies and Globalization: A Collection of Concepts - Prof. Rich, Study notes of Introduction to Business Management

Various business strategies, globalization, and related concepts such as knowledge management, decision making, corporate social responsibility, and intrapreneurship. Topics include the importance of service, organizational culture, benchmarking, strategic management, and ethical considerations. Useful for university students and lifelong learners.

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2010/2011

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Globalization is an issue primarily for all organizations
Knowledge Management is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization’s
intellectual resources fully utilizing the intellects of the institutions people (pg7)
Service means giving customers what they want or need when they want it. (pg 10-11)
Her team learns using Benchmarking when they use from Good Cans about their canning process. (pg
65)
The photo of a fire is an example of Environmental Uncertainty.
Using International bribery as a business tactic is illegal for US firms, this statement reflects which type
of environmental force at work? MacroEnvironment
An Organizational culture is one in which everyone believes in the firms goals, priorities and practices of
the organization
Since the first meeting didn’t go very well…meeting on Friday afternoon. The group was mostly using
GroupThink so they could end the meeting and leave
The local Ace store manager comes in early on Mondays
Which sale reps to see
Provide feedback to owner
Interview applicants for
Input to owner on
Either Programmed or NonProgrammed decisions (pg 86)
Decision 4 is what type of decision.
The final component of the strategic mgmt process is strategic Control
When a company attempts to establish itself as uniquely able to offer a product or service its using
Differentiation strategy (pg 150)
If a cosmetic company purchased a cable company what type of corp strategy is it using Conglomerate
Diversification. (145)
If a business gains market share while the industry market growth remains high it would move from
being classified as a Question Mark to a Star according to the BCD matrix
Corporate social responsibility is the obligation toward society assumed by business.
McDonalds changes packaging to recycled paper. McDonalds points out that it is making this move to
make the world a happier place to eat. From this information we can assume that McDonalds believes in
Egocentric Management
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Globalization is an issue primarily for all organizations Knowledge Management is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization’s intellectual resources fully utilizing the intellects of the institutions people (pg7) Service means giving customers what they want or need when they want it. (pg 10-11) Her team learns using Benchmarking when they use from Good Cans about their canning process. (pg

The photo of a fire is an example of Environmental Uncertainty. Using International bribery as a business tactic is illegal for US firms, this statement reflects which type of environmental force at work? MacroEnvironment An Organizational culture is one in which everyone believes in the firms goals, priorities and practices of the organization Since the first meeting didn’t go very well…meeting on Friday afternoon. The group was mostly using GroupThink so they could end the meeting and leave The local Ace store manager comes in early on Mondays Which sale reps to see Provide feedback to owner Interview applicants for Input to owner on Either Programmed or NonProgrammed decisions (pg 86) Decision 4 is what type of decision. The final component of the strategic mgmt process is strategic Control When a company attempts to establish itself as uniquely able to offer a product or service its using Differentiation strategy (pg 150) If a cosmetic company purchased a cable company what type of corp strategy is it using Conglomerate Diversification. (145) If a business gains market share while the industry market growth remains high it would move from being classified as a Question Mark to a Star according to the BCD matrix Corporate social responsibility is the obligation toward society assumed by business. McDonalds changes packaging to recycled paper. McDonalds points out that it is making this move to make the world a happier place to eat. From this information we can assume that McDonalds believes in Egocentric Management

The Caux principles are based on 2 ethical ideas: Kyosei – Living and working together for the common good; coexist: Human Dignity – value of each person as an end, not the means Ethnocentrism is the tendency to judge others by the standards by ones group or culture that are seen as superior (226) The disorientation and stress associated with being in a foreign environment is termed Culture Shock The Transnational organizational model is designed to enable a company to market a standardized product in the global market place and to manufacture that product in a limited number of locations where the mix of cost of those skills is most favorable 215- Off Shoring occurs when companies move jobs to another country Dangerous risk in Intrapreneurship is that of 1)Failing to foster innovation, 2)Overreliance on a single project, 3)Spread intrapreneurial efforts over too many projects Competitive advantage from relationships with other people and the image that others have of you is known as Social Capital Which formal planning step often over states financial projections while neglecting other important information that is important to investors. Business Plan: The Economics of the Business Which of the following characteristics contributes to entrepreneur’s success: