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.
intrapreneur
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.
Arranging tasks, people, and other resources to accomplish the work.
organizing
top managers
These managers make long-term decisions about the overall direction of the organization and establish the objectives, policies, and strategies for it.
The belief that you control your own destiny.
internal locus of control
Internet-based and mobile technologies (such as Facebook and Twitter) for generating interactive dialogue with others on a network.
social media
external locus of control
The belief that you do not control your destiny, and that external forces do.
leading
Motivating, directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard to achieve the organization’s goals.
management
Defined as (1) the pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively by (2) integrating the work of people group though (3) the planning organizing, leading, and controlling the organization’s resources.
Defined as (1) the pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively by (2) integrating the work of people group though (3) the planning organizing, leading, and controlling the organization’s resources.
management
innovation
Finding ways to deliver new or better goods or services.
Setting goals and deciding how to achieve them.
planning
Jobs that deal primarily with people rather than computer screens or voice response systems.
“high-touch” jobs
An experienced person who provides guidance to someone new and to the work world.
mentor
A newly created company designed to grow fast.
start-up
decisional roles
Roles that use information to make decisions to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities. Four types of these roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, and negotiator.
Motivating, directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard to achieve the organization’s goals.
leading
Using state-of-the-art computer software and hardware to help people work better together.
collaborative computing
This process includes the following functions: planning organizing leading and controlling.
management process
planning
Setting goals and deciding how to achieve them.
competitive advantage
The ability of an organization to produce goods or services more effectively than competitors do, thereby outperforming them.
effective
To make the right decisions and to successfully carry them out so that they achieve the organization’s goals.
The discipline concerned with creating computer systems that simulate human reasoning and sensation.
artificial intelligence (AI)
Type of skills that consist of the job-specific knowledge needed to perform well in a specialized field.
technical 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.
conceptual skills
interpersonal roles
Roles that interact with people inside and outside of their work units. Three types of these roles include figurehead, leader, and liaison activities.
social media
Internet-based and mobile technologies (such as Facebook and Twitter) for generating interactive dialogue with others on a network.
general manager
These managers are responsible for several organizational activities.
To use resources people money raw materials and the like wisely and cost-effectively.
efficient
controlling
Monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking corrective action as needed.
artificial intelligence (AI)
The discipline concerned with creating computer systems that simulate human reasoning and sensation.
texting
Quick messages exchanged among smartphones.
The storing of software and data on gigantic collections of computers located away from a company’s principal site.
cloud computing
Big Data
Stores of data so vast that conventional database management systems cannot handle them.
team leader
These managers are responsible for facilitating team activities for the achievement of key results.
collaborative computing
Using state-of-the-art computer software and hardware to help people work better together.
internet
The global network of independently operating but interconnected computers, linking hundreds of thousands of smaller networks around the world.
Monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking corrective action as needed.
controlling
The buying and selling of goods or services over computer networks. Also called electronic commerce.
e-commerce
technical skills
Type of skills that consist of the job-specific knowledge needed to perform well in a specialized field.
Electronic mail messages and documents transmitted over a computer network.
Someone who sees a new opportunity for a product or service and launches a business to try to realize it.
entrepreneur
The global network of independently operating but interconnected computers, linking hundreds of thousands of smaller networks around the world.
internet
Working from home or remote location using a variety of information technologies (IT).
telecommute
start-up
A newly created company designed to grow fast.
mentor
An experienced person who provides guidance to someone new and to the work world.
telecommute
Working from home or remote location using a variety of information technologies (IT).
These managers make long-term decisions about the overall direction of the organization and establish the objectives, policies, and strategies for it.
top managers
project management software
Programs for planning and scheduling the people, costs, and resources to complete a project on time.
entrepreneur
Someone who sees a new opportunity for a product or service and launches a business to try to realize it.
Finding ways to deliver new or better goods or services.
innovation
These managers are responsible for facilitating team activities for the achievement of key results.
team leader
efficient
To use resources people money raw materials and the like wisely and cost-effectively.
Stores of data so vast that conventional database management systems cannot handle them.
Big Data
Roles that receive and communicate information. Three types of these roles include monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson.
informational roles
Roles that use information to make decisions to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities. Four types of these roles include entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, and negotiator.
decisional roles
These managers are responsible for just one organizational activity.
functional manager
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.
middle managers
organizing
Arranging tasks, people, and other resources to accomplish the work.
