MGT 3200 : Exam One Objectives From The Textbook And Assigned Outside Reading Fall 2012
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Textbook (mgmt 5) & assigned outside reading (moodle 2) Textbook objectives: what are the top ten mistakes made by managers? (pp. The theory that companies go through long periods of stability (equilibrium) followed by short periods of dynamic fundamental change (revolutionary periods) and then a new equilibrium: what is option-based planning? (p. 92) Maintaining planning flexibility by making small, simultaneous investments in many alternative plans: what are slack resources as they relate to planning? (p. 92) Unrelated diversification- creating or acquiring companies in completely unrelated businesses. Related diversification- creating or acquiring companies in related businesses. Diversification: what is the relationship between diversification and risk? (p. 119) Strategy for reducing risk by buying a variety of items so that the failure of one stock or business does not doom the entire portfolio: what"s a multinational corporation? (p. 153) A corporation that owns businesses in two or more countries: what is meant by the term direct foreign investment? (p. 154)
