Ch. 2 Flashcards
Frank and Lilllian Gilbreth
Associates of Taylor also interested in standardization of work to improve productivity
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Developer of scientific management, which deals with the efficient organization of production in the context of a competitive enterprise that has to control its production costs
Henri Fayol
one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management, having proposed that there are five primary functions of management
Fayols 5 primary functions of management
Planning, Organizing, Commanding, Coordinating, and Controlling
Peter Drucker
A prolific management guru and the first scholar to write about how to manage knowledge workers
Warren Bennis
Pioneered a new theory of leadership that addressed the need for leaders to have vision and to communicate that vision
Social networking
Systems that allow members of a specific site to learn aboutt other members’ skills, talents, knowledge, or preferences
Learning Organization
An organization skilled at creating, acquiring, and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights.
Social Movement
A type of group action that is focused on specific political or social issues
Virtual organization
Organizations with members who are geographically apart and who usually work by computers
Wiki
An internet-based method for many people to collaborate and contribute to a document or discussion
Future Orientation
One’s expectations and the degree to which one is thoughtful about his or her future. It is a multidimensional concept that includes such dimensions as planning, realism, and control
Institutional Collectivism
the extent to which people act predominantly as a member of a lifelong group or organization
Power Distance
the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organizations expect and accept that power is distributed unequally
Uncertainty Avoidance
The extent to which members of a society attempt to cope with anxiety by minimizing uncertainty
