Brainscape Flashcard Demo
video conferencing
Using video and audio links along with computers to let people in different locations see, hear, and talk with one another.
The belief that you do not control your destiny, and that external forces do.
external locus of control
functional manager
These managers are responsible for just one organizational activity.
entrepreneurship
The process of taking risks to try to create a new organization.
cloud computing
The storing of software and data on gigantic collections of computers located away from a company’s principal site.
These managers are responsible for several organizational activities.
general manager
The process of taking risks to try to create a new organization.
entrepreneurship
Using the internet to facilitate every aspect of running a business.
e-business
A group of people who work together to achieve some specific purpose.
organization
Someone who works inside an existing organization who sees an opportunity for a product or service and mobilizes the organization’s resources to try to realize it.
intrapreneur
sustainability
Economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
informational roles
Roles that receive and communicate information. Three types of these roles include monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson.
The implementing of systems and practices to increase the sharing of knowledge and information throughout an organization.
knowledge management
“high-touch” jobs
Jobs that deal primarily with people rather than computer screens or voice response systems.
databases
Computerized collections of interrelated files.
organization
A group of people who work together to achieve some specific purpose.
Economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
sustainability
e-business
Using the internet to facilitate every aspect of running a business.
Roles that interact with people inside and outside of their work units. Three types of these roles include figurehead, leader, and liaison activities.
interpersonal roles
middle managers
These managers implement the policies and plans of the top managers above them and supervise and coordinate the activities of the first line managers below them.
management process
This process includes the following functions: planning organizing leading and controlling.
soft skills
Type of skills that consist of the ability to motivate, to inspire trust, and to communicate with others.
knowledge management
The implementing of systems and practices to increase the sharing of knowledge and information throughout an organization.
To make the right decisions and to successfully carry them out so that they achieve the organization’s goals.
effective
These managers make short-term operating decisions, directing the daily tasks of non-material personnel.
first line managers
conceptual skills
Type of skills that consist of the ability to think analytically to visualize organization as a whole and understand how the parts work together.
e-commerce
The buying and selling of goods or services over computer networks. Also called electronic commerce.
Type of skills that consist of the ability to work well in cooperation with other people to get things done.
human skills
internal locus of control
The belief that you control your own destiny.
The ability of an organization to produce goods or services more effectively than competitors do, thereby outperforming them.
competitive advantage
Computerized collections of interrelated files.
databases
Quick messages exchanged among smartphones.
texting
Programs for planning and scheduling the people, costs, and resources to complete a project on time.
project management software
human skills
Type of skills that consist of the ability to work well in cooperation with other people to get things done.
Using video and audio links along with computers to let people in different locations see, hear, and talk with one another.
video conferencing
first line managers
These managers make short-term operating decisions, directing the daily tasks of non-material personnel.
Type of skills that consist of the ability to motivate, to inspire trust, and to communicate with others.
soft skills
Electronic mail messages and documents transmitted over a computer network.
