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71 Cards in this Set
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What is Domestic Business?
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Making, Buying, Selling Goods and Services within One Country
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What is a Tariff?
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a tax placed on imported products to make them more expensive than domestic products
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1. All business activities needed to: Create, Ship, Sell
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True
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2. Importing is bringing goods into the country, exporting is shipping goods out
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True
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Which is not another name for international business?
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Intercontinental Trade
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What is Protectionism?
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limiting trade with other countries to protect business at home
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What is a Quota?
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limit placed on the quantities of a product that can be imported
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3. Exchange rates change daily.
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True
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What a country does the best "specialization" depends upon all but which of the following?
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Business Resources
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Which of the following is not one of the Three Major Categories of Business?
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Producers
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A corporation is a separate legal entity owned by one or more shareholders and managed by a board of directors
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True
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Why does the US government want to promote domestic business?
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To profit off of businesses that pay taxes to federal, state, and local governments
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__________ ____________-gives authority to a number of different managers to run their own departments
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Centralized Organization
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___________ ____________shows how the business is structured and who is in charge of whom
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Organizational Chart
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______________ _____________-managers at the top of the organization are in charge of those beneath them
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Line Authority
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What are Procedures?
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descriptions of the way work is to be done
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What are Policies?
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guidelines used in making consistent decisions
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What is a Goal?
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precise statement of results the business expects to achieve
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What is a Mission Statement?
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short specific reason why the business exists and what it wants to achieve
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What is Responsibility?
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the obligation to complete specific work
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What is Authority?
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right to make decisions about how responsibilities should be accomplished
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What is Accountability?
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taking responsibility for the results achieved
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What is a Unity of Command?
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clear reporting relationship for all staff of a business
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What is Diligence?
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Working hard
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What is Consequences?
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Result of your actions
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What is Punctual?
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Being on time
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What is Duty?
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What someone is supposed to do or not do
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What is Commitment?
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A promise to do something
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What is Reliability?
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Something we show when people know they can trust us to follow through
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Top Level Managers
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–Set goals –Plan for the future
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Middle Managers
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-Carry out the decisions of top management –Plan and control operations
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Operational Managers
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–Oversee daily operations –Supervise workers to meet deadlines
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By product
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By specific item
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By location
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By geographic division
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By function
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By job description or department
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A Manager at Walmart is over all the cashiers in the store. What kind of organized management are they?
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By function
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Which of the below is not an example of a product name vs. brand name example?
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Door = Wood
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When reviewing commercials in class, which of the advertising campaigns was more effective in persuading you to purchase their brand?
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Food, Doritos
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Unity of command is a clear reporting relationship for all staff of a business.
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True
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Which of the below is an example of a brand name?
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Scotch Tape
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What Must Be Done
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A list of things to do
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Who Will Do It
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Who is in charge of completing the task
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Who Supervises Whom
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Who is in charge of making sure the person that is supposed to complete the task does
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Questions of the planning process are applied and answered when leaders meet with the management team
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True
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Long-range planning is top-level management deciding how the company should perform
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True
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Which of the below is not a Planning Question Prompt we discussed in class?
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Why it needs to be done?
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Hire a DJ, order the food, buy decorations - is an example of which of the planning question prompts?
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What must be done?
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The importance of leading and setting standards is:
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so managers know their goals
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The importance of Managers communicating is:
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to provide guidance and resolve conflicts
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Managers encourage employees by doing which of the below?
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offer incentives such as pay raises and promotions
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Which of the below is not an example of an incentive a manager could offer an employee
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increase work hours
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Most Managers begin their careers as company employees
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True
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Most managers are promoted after they have gained experience and have shown leadership qualities
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True
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Which of the below is not a Managerial Quality?
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Ability to gather but not use data
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Which of the below is not an advantage of being a manager?
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Less control over personal time
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An advantage of being a manager is taking the blame when things go wrong
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False
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Wrong decisions are costly and can affect numerous employees
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True |
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What is collaboration?
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the act of working with another or others on a joint project and combining thoughts
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Flexibility is best described as?
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willing of modification or adaptation; adaptable
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When should the financial questions be considered in business planning?
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At beginning of planning, first step
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What is start up costs?
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The amount of money it will take to get the business going
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What is an example of overhead costs
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Rent, Lights, Internet, Product
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What is start up costs?
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The amount of money it will take to get the business going
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Which of the below is not a good example for a start up company?
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Shoe store
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Favorable
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when the value of a country’s currency goes up compared to another country’s currency
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Unfavorable
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when the value of a country’s currency goes down compared to another country’s currency
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Trade Surplus
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more exports than imports
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Trade Deficit
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more imports than exports
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Informal Structure-
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used when a business does not need a big marketing or distribution network, does not need a lot of managers
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Formal Structure-
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departmentalization divides responsibility among specific units or departments
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Managerial Structures-
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used when a business does not need a big marketing or distribution network, does not need a lot of managers
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