Topic 2 Terms Flashcards
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3 P’s of Organizational Performance
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Profit, People, Planet
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Analytical Competency
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The ability to evaluate and analyze information to make actual decisions
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Analytics
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Systematic gathering and processing of data to make informed decisions
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Anchoring/Adjustment Bias
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Basing a decision on incremental adjustments from a prior decision point
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
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Links 21 countries together to promote free trade and investment in the Pacific region
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Availability Bias
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Basing a decision on recent information or events
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Behavioral Decision Model
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Describes decision making with limited information and bounded rationality
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Benchmarking
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Using external and internal comparisons to plan for future improvements
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Best Practices
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Things people and organizations do that lead to superior performance
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Big Data
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Exists in huge quantities and is difficult to process without sophisticated mathematical and computing techniques
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Big-C Creativity
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When extraordinary things are done by exceptional people
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Bounded Rationality
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Making decisions within the constraints of limited information and alternatives
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Budget
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Plan that commits resources to projects or activities
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Business Intelligence
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Taps information to extract and report data in organized ways that are helpful to decision makers
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Business Model Innovations
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Restructuring of ways firms can make money
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Certain Environment
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Offers complete information on possible action alternatives and their consequences
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Child Labor
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The employment of children for work that should be done by adults
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Classical Decision Model
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Describes decision making with complete information
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Cognitive Styles
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The ways individuals deal with information while making decisions
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Comparative Management
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Studies how management practices differ among countries and cultures
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Competitive Advantage
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Something that an organization does extremely well, is difficult to copy, and that gives it an advantage over competitors in the marketplace
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Complacency Trap
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Being carried along by the flow of events
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Confirmation Error
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When the focus is only on information that confirms a decision already made
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Conflict Minerals
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Those sources in the Democratic Republic of Congo whose sale finances armed groups that perpetuate violence
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Contingency Planning
Identifying alternative courses of action to take when things go wrong
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Corruption
Engaging in illegal practices to further one's business interests
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
Comparing the costs and benefits of each potential course of action
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Creativity
The generation of a novel idea or unique approach that solves a problem
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Crisis Decision
Occurs when an unexpected problem arises that can lead to disaster if not resolved quickly and appropiately
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Cultural Intelligence
The ability to adapt, adjust, and work well across cultures
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Culture Shock
The confusion and discomfort a person experiences when in an unfamiliar culture
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Data
Raw facts and observations
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Data Mining
The process of analyzing data for patterns useful for decision makers
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Data Visualization
Present clear and efficient visualizations of key performance indicators on a real-time basis
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Decision-Making Process
Begins with identification of a problem and ends with evaluation of results
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Decisions
Choices among possible alternative courses of action
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Design Thinking
Creative decision making through a process of experiencing, ideation, and prototyping
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Disruptive Innovation
Creating products or services that become so widely used that they largely replace prior practices and competitors
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Environmental Capital
The supply of natural resources (atmosphere, land, water, and minerals) that sustain life and produce goods/services for society
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Environmental Uncertainty
Lack of information regarding what exists in the environment and what developments may occur
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Escalating Commitment
The continuation of a course of action even though it is not working
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Ethnocentrism
The tendency to consider one's culture superior to others
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Euro
Common European currency
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European Union
The political and economic alliance of European countries
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Exporting
Selling local products aboard to foreign customers
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False Participation Error
When people are told they have a voice in decision making but no one in authority listens to their inputs
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Forecasting
Attempting to predict the future
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Makes it illegal for U.S firms and their representatives to engage in corrupt practices overseas
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Foreign Subsidiary
Local operation completely owned by a foreign firm
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Framing Error
Trying to solve a problem in the context in which it is percieved
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Franchising
Paying a fee to a foreign business for rights to locally operate using its name, branding, and methods
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Functional Plans
Planning for hoiw different operations within the organization will help advance the overall strategy
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General Environment
Consists of the economic, legal, sociocultural, technological, and natural environment conditions in which the organization operates
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Generational Cohorts
Consist of people born within a few years of one another and who experience somewhat similar life events during their formative years
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Global Corporation
Multinational enterprise or multinational corporation that conducts commercial transactions across national boundaries
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Global Economy
Where resources, markets, and competition are worldwide in scope
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Global Management
Managing businesses and organizations with interests in more than one country
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Global Manager
One who is culturally aware and informed on international affairs
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Global Sourcing
When materials or services are purchased around the world for local use
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Global Strategic Alliance
A partnership in which foreign and domestic firms share resources and knowledge for mutual gains
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Globalization
The growing interdependence among elements of the global economy
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Globalization Gap
Where large multinational corporation and industrialized nations gain disproportionately from the benefits of globalization
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Goal Alignment
Makes sure that goals throughout an organization are linked together to advance the mission
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Goals
Specific results that one wishes to achieve
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Green Innovation
Helping to reduce an organization's negative impact and enhance its positive impact on the natural environment
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Greenfield Venture
A foreign subsidiary built from the ground yup by the foreign owner
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Heuristics
Strategies for simplifying decision making
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Hierarchy of Goals
When lower-level goals and objectives support accomplishment of higher-level goals and objectives
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High-Context Cultures
Rely on nonverbal and situational cues as well as on spoken or written words in communication
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Importing
The selling in domestic markets of products acquired abroad
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Information
Data made useful for decision making
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Information Competency
The ability to locate, gather, and organize information for use in decision making
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Innovation
The process of taking a new idea and putting it into practice
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Incourcing
Job creation through foreign direct investment
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Intercultural Competencies
Skills and personal characteristics that help us be successful in cross cultural situations
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International Business
A business that conducts for-profit transactions of goods and services across national boundaries
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Internet Censorship
The deliberate blockage and denial of public access to information posted on the internet
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Intuitive Thinking
Approaching problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion
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Joint Venture
Business subsidiary operating in a foreign country through co-ownership by foreign and local partners
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Lack Of Participation Error
The failure to involve in a decision the persons whose support is needed to implement it
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Learning Goal
Set targets to create the knowledge and skills required for performance
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Licensing Agreement
Pact where a local firm pays a fee to a foreign firm for rights to make or sell its products
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Little-C Creativity
Occurs when average people come up with unique ways to deal with daily events and situations
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Long Term Plans
Those that typically look three or more years into the future
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Loose Culture
Has relaxed social norms and allows conformity by members to vary a good deal
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Low-Context Cultures
Emphasize communication via spoken or written words
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Management Information Systems
Collect, organize, and distribute data for use in decision making
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Masculinity-Femininity
The degree to which a society values assertiveness and materialism
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Monochronic Cultures
Where people tend to do one thing at a time
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Most Favored Nation Status
Gives a trading partner most favorable treatment for imports and exports
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Multidimensional Thinking
The ability to address many problems at once
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Non-Programmed Decision
Applies a specific solution crafted for a unique problem
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Non-Tariff Barriers
Discourage imports in nontax ways such as quotas and government import restrictions
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Offshoring
The outsourcing of jobs to foreign locations
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Operational Plan
Identifies short-term activities to implement strategic plans
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Optimizing Decision
Chooses the alternative giving the absolute best solution to a problem
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Outcome Goal
Sets targets for actual performance results
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Participatory Planning
Includes the persons who will be affected by the plans and/or those who will implement them
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Performance Opportunity
A situation that offers the chance for a better future if the right steps are taken
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Performance Threat
Situation in which something is obviously wrong or has the potential to go wrong
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Plan
A statement of intended means for accomplishing objectives
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Planning
The process of setting objectives and determining how to accomplish them
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Policy
A standing plan that communicates broad guidelines for decisions and action
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Political Risk
The potential loss in value of a foreign investment due to instability and political changes in the host country
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Political-Risk Analysis
Tries to forecast political disruptions that can threaten the value of a foreign investment
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Polychronic Cultures
Where time is used to accomplish many different things at once
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Power Distance
The degree to which a society accepts unequal distribution of power
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Problem Avoiders
People who ignore information indicating a performance opportunity or threat
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Problem Seekers
Constantly process information looking for problems to solve, even before they occur
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Problem Solvers
People who try to solve problems when they occur
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Problem Solving
Involves identifying and taking action to resolve problems
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Procedure
A rule describing actions that are to be taken in specific situations
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Process Innovations
Realizations that result in better ways of doing things
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Product Innovations
Result in new or improved goods and services
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Programmed Decision
Choice that applies a solution from past experience to a routine problem
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Protectionism
A call for tariffs and favorable treatments to protect firms from foreign competition
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Proxemics
Describe how people use space to communicate
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Regional Economic Alliances
Link member countries in agreements to work together for economic gains
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Representativeness Bias
Basing a decision on its similarity to other situations
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Reshoring
The movement of jobs from foreign locations back to domestic ones
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Reverse Innovation
Launched from lower organizational levels and diverse locations, including emerging markets
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Risk Environment
One that lacks complete information but offers "probabilities" for the likely outcome for possible action alternatives
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Satisficing Decision
The choice of the first satisfactory alternative that comes to one's attention, though it may not be the best one
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Scenario Planning
Identifying alternative future scenarios and making plans to deal with each
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Short-term plans
Those that typically cover one year or less
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Social Business Innovation
Finding ways to use business models to address important social problems
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Southern Africa Development Community
Links 14 countries of southern Africa in trade and economic development efforts
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Specific Environment
Includes people and groups with whom an organization interacts
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Stakeholders
The persons, groups, and institutions directly affected by an organization
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Strategic Opportunism
Focuses on long-term objectives while being flexible in dealing with short-term problems
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Strategic Plan
Identifies long-term directions for the organization
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Stretch Goals
Performance goals that one must work extra hard and stretch to reach
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Structured Problems
Straightforward and clear with respect to information needs
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Sustainability
A commitment to protect the rights of present and future generations as co-stakeholders of the world's resources
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Sustainable Business
Organization that operates in ways that meet the needs of customers while protecting or advancing the well-being of our natural enviornment
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Sustainable Development
Uses environmental resources to support societal needs today while also preserving and protecting them for future generations
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Sweatshops
Businesses that employ workers at very low wages for long hours in poor working conditions
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Systematic Thinking
Approaching problems in a rational and analytical fashion
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Tactical Plan
Helps to implement all or parts of a strategic plan
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Tariffs
Taxes governments levy on imports from abroad
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Tax Inversion
Where a US based MNC buys a firm in low-tax country to shield foreign earnings from US taxes
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Technological Comptency
The ability to understand new technologies and use them to their best advantage
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Tight Culture
Has rigid social norms that members are expected to conform with
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Time Orientation
The degree to which a society emphasizes short-term or long-term goals
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Transnational Corporations
Global corporations or MNEs that operate worldwide on a borderless basis
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Triple Bottom Line
Assesses the economic, social, and environmental performance of organizations
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Uncertain Environment
Lacks so much information that it is difficult to assign probabilities to the likely outcome of alternatives
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Uncertainty Avoidance
The degree to which a society tolerates risk and unceratinty
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Unintended Consequences
Unanticapted positive or negative side effects that result from a decision
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Unstructured Problems
Issues that have ambiguities and information deficiencies
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USMCA
The United Mexici States Canada Agreement linking these countries in an economic alliance
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Vision
Clarifies the purpose of the organization and expresses what it hopes to be in the future
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World Trade Organization
Where member nations agree to negotiate and resolve disputes about tariffs and trade restrictions
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Zero-Based Budget
Allocated resources as if each budget were brand new
