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What 3 countries make up NAFTA

United States, Canada, Mexico

What does NAFTA stand for?

North American Free Trade Agreement

What does CAFTA stand for?

Central America Free Trade Agreement

Contracting with an outside provider to produce one or more of an organization's goods or services

Outsourcing

Moving work to other Countries

Offshoring

An economic pact that combined the economies of the US, Canada, and Mexico into one of the world's largest trading blocs

NAFTA

What are the four organizational Models?

Global, Transnational, International, Multinational

Views the world as a single market. Operations are controlled centrally from the corporate office. Worldwide operations

Global Model

Specialized facilities permit local responsiveness. Complex coordination mechanism provide global integration

Transnational

Uses existing capabilities to expand into foreign markets

International

Several subsidiaries operating as stand-alone business units in multiple countries. Respond to local conditions

Multinational

Buys the rights to manufacture a company's product in its own country for a negotiated fee

Licensing

Company sells limited rights to use its brand name to in return for a lump-sum payment and a share

Franchising

Sharing of development costs and or risks with the local partner

Joint Venture

What is a foreign national brought in to work at the parent company?

Inpatriate

Pursuit of lucrative opportunities by enterprising individuals

Entrepreneurship

Discovering, evaluating, and capitalizing on opportunities to create new and future goods

Entrepreneurship

Business having fewer than 100 employees, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, and not characterized by many innovative practices

Small business

New business having growth and high profitability as primary objectives

Entrepreneurial venture

Individuals who establish a new organization without the benefit of corporate sponsorship

Entrepreneur

New-venture creators working inside big companies

Intrapreneurs

Which internet model charges fees to advertise on a site?

Advertising support model

A __________ is a protected environment for small businesses

Business incubator

Sale to the public, for the first time, of federally registered and underwritten shares of stock in the company

Initial public offering (IPO)

The organization is composed of many different units that work on different kinds of tasks, using different skills and work methods

Differentiation

Fundamentals of organizing include

Differentiation and Integration

Differentiation includes

Division of Labor and Specialization

Assignment of different tasks to different people or groups

Division of Labor

A process in which different individuals and units perform different tasks

Specialization

The number of subordinates who report directly to an executive or supervisor. Tall, Flat

Span of Control

Departmentalization around specialized activities such as production, marketing, and human resources

Functional organization

Organization composed of dual reporting relationships in which some managers report to two superiors--a functional manager and a divisional manager

Matrix organization

Collection of independent, mostly single-function firms that collaborate on a good or service

Network Organization

A form of organization that seeks to maximize internal efficiency

Mechanistic Organization

An organization form that emphasizes flexibility

Organic Organization

What is a formal relationship created among independent organizations with the purpose of joint pursit of mutual goals

Strategic alliance

Type of organization in which top managers ensures that there is consensus about the direction in which the business is heading

High-Involvement Organization

The planned elimination of positions or jobs

Downsizing

A successful effort to achieve an appropriate size at which the company performs most effectively

Rightsizing

A multifaceted process focusing on creating two-way exchanges with customers to foster intimate knowledge of their needs, wants, and buying patterns

Customer relationship management (CRM)

Production of varied, individually customized products at the low cost of standardized, mass produced products

Mass customization

Formal systems for the management of people within an organization

Human resources management

A process in which objectives set by a subordinate and a supervisor must be reached within a given time period

Management by objectives (MBO)

What are the 3 stages of Human Resources

Planning, Programming, Evaluating

What are the three basic required benefits

Unemployment, Social Security, Workers Comp

Production of individually customized products at the low cost of mass produced products

Mass production

Greater complexity and increase bureaucracy and specialized jobs=

Very large organization

Flexible and does not emphasize conformity

Organic Structure

Organization with departmentalization that groups around product and customers

Divisional

Wide span of control builds a narrow organization

False

What is the Board Of Directors Responsible for?

Appointing CEO, Long term/ strategic goals, and ethical conduct

If rosanne at xyz delegate responsibility

False

_____ drives entrepreneurship

Economic stand point

Skunkworks are project teams

True

Respond to local conditions

multinational

What are the two concepts for competing in a global marketplace

Global Integration and Global respnsiveness

Companies are making investments and overseas operations

True

Entrepreneurs ______, _________, and ______ opportunity

spot, create, and exploit

What are the two major liabilities that start up companies have?

Newness and Smallness

Authority resides in physicians rather than in people

True

Assignment of new or additional responsibilities to a subordinate

Delegation