Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Types and Levels of Management

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The requirement of one person to answer to a higher authority for performance achieved in his or her area of work responsibility.

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Accountability

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__________________ _______________ meet both performance and satisfaction goals.

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Effective Managers

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QWL

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quality of work life

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Social, Environmental, and Financial is the _______ ___________

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Triple Bottom-Line (TBL)

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  • The manager as a coach
  • Customers and non-managerial workers are at the top
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The Upside-Down Pyramid

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Planning, Organizing, leading and controlling is the _________ __________

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Management Process

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The process of setting performance objectives and determining what actions should be taken to achieve them.

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Planning

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The process of assigning tasks, allocating resources and coordinating the activities of individuals and groups.

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Organizing

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The process of arousing people’s enthusiasm to work hard and inspiring their efforts to fulfill plans and accomplish objectives.

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Leading

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The process of measuring work performance, comparing results to objectives and taking corrective action.

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Controlling

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The types of Management roles are?

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Interpersonal, Infromational and Decisional

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How a manger interacts with other people

  • Figurehead
  • Leader
  • Liason
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Interpersonal Roles

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How a manager exchanges and processes information

  • Monitor
  • Desseminator
  • Spokesperson
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Infromational Roles

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How a manager uses information in decision making

  • Entrepreneur
  • Disturbance handler
  • Resource Allocator
  • Negotiator
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Decisional roles

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managers build and maintain positive relationships with other people, ideally those whose help might be useful someday.

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Networking

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managers identify clear action priorities

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Agenda Setting

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managers build the capacity to attract support and help from others in order to get things done

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Social Capital

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What are the types of Management Skills

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  • Technical Skills
  • Human Skills
  • Conceptual Skills
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The ability to use a special proficiency or expertise to perform particular tasks

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Technical Skills

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  • The ability to work with others.
  • A high level of emotional intelligence
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Human Skills

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The ability to think critically and analytically

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Conceptual Skills

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Management Skills

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The ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively

  • Self awareness - understanding moods, emotions
  • Self regulation - thinking before acting, controlling disruptinve impulses
  • Motivation - Working hard and preserving
  • Empathy - understanding emotions of others
  • Social Skills - gaining rapport and building good relationships
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Emotional Intelligence

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Understanding moods, emotions
Self awareness
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Thinking before acting, controlling disruptinve impulses
Self regulation
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Working hard and preserving
Motivation
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Understanding emotions of others
Empathy
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Gaining rapport and building good relationships
Social Skills
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The worldwide independence of resource flows, product markets and business competition
Globalization
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Purchasing products or subcontracting labor to foreign countries
Global Outsourcing
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The shifting of jobs from one country to another
Job Migration
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Moves jobs back from foreign to domestic locations
Reshoring
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A code of moral standards of conduct for what is “good” and “right” as opposed to what is “bad” or “wrong”
Ethics
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The active oversight of management decisions, corporate strategy and financial reporting by the Board of Directors
Corporate Governance
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The composition of a workforce in terms of differences among the members, such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and ableness
Workforce Diversity
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The holding of negative, irrational attitudes regarding people who are different from us
Discrimination
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The display of negative irrational attitudes toward women and minorities
Prejudice
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An invisible barrier limiting career advancement among women and minorities
The Glass Ceiling
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the collective brainpower or shared knowledge of an organization’s workforce Competency x Commitment =
Intellectual Capital
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Minds and intellect are key assets to employers
Knowledge Workers
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People change jobs more often and many work as independent contractors for a mix of employers.
Free Agent Economy
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The ability to understand oneself, exercise initiative, accept responsibility and learn from experience.
Self Management
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Operates with a core group of full-time long-term workers supported by others who work on contracts and part-time employees
Shamrock Organization