MGT 3200 Study Guide - Moodle, Organizational Culture, Multinational Corporation

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18 Jun 2014
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Textbook (mgmt 5) & assigned outside reading (moodle 2) Textbook objectives: what are the top ten mistakes made by managers? (pp. 17-19: manager"s initial expectations, be the boss, formal authority, manage tasks, job is not managing people ii. After six months as a manager: initial expectations were wrong, fast pace, heavy workload, job is to be the problem solver and troubleshooter for subordinates iii. It is a goal to keep options open by making small, simultaneous investments in many alternative plans. 117 & 119: a way to reduce risk by creating or acquiring in completely unrelated businesses. When businesses are unrelated, losses in one business or industry should have minimal effect on the performance of other companies: creating companies that share similar products, manufacturing, marketing, technology, or cultures. American in turn u. s. imposes %35 tariff on tires imported from china: what is a tariff? (p. 155, a direct tax on imported goods.