Chapter 6

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Establishing organizational goals and deciding how to accomplish them

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Planning

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Management is

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The process of coordinating people and other resources to achieve the goals of an organization

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A statement of the basic purpose that makes and organization different from others

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Mission

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The establishment of an organizations major goals and objectives and the allocation of resources to achieve them

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Strategic planning process

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An end result that an organization is expected to achieve over a one - ten year period

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Goal

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A specific statement detailing what an organization intends to accomplish over a shorter period of time

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Objective

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The identification and evaluation of a firms strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

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SWOT analysis

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Approaches processes that a company performs well that may give it an advantage over its competitors

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Core competencies

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Is an outline of the actions by which an organization intends to accomplish its goals and objectives

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Plan

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Is its broadest plan, developed as a guide during the strategic planning process for major policy setting and decision making

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Strategic plan

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A smaller scale plan developed to implement a strategy

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Tactical plan

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Is a type of plan designed to implement tactical plans

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Operational plan

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Is a plan that outlines alternative courses that may be taken if an organizations other plans are disrupted or become ineffective

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Contingency plan

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Is the grouping of resources and activities to accomplish some end result in an efficient and effective manner

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Organizing

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Is the process of influencing people to work toward a common goal

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Leading

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The process of providing reasons for people to work in the best interest of an organization.

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Motivating

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Together leading and motivating are referred to as -

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Directing

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An upper-level executive who guides and controls the overall fortunes of an organization

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Top Manager

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A manager who implements the strategies and major policy developed by top management

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Middle manager

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A manager who coordinates and supervises the activities of operating employees

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First line manager

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A manager who is primarily responsible for an organizations financial resources

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Financial manager

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A manager who manages the systems that convert resources into goods and services

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Operations manager

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A manager who is responsible for facilitating the exchange of products between an organization and its customers or clients

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Marketing manager

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A person charged with managing an organizations human resources programs

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Human resources manager

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A manager who is not associated with any specific functional area but who provides overall administrative guidance and leadership

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Administrative manager

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The ability to think in abstract terms

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Conceptual skills

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The ability to identify problems correctly generate reasonable alternatives, and select the best alternatives to solve the problems

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Analytical skills

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The ability to deal effectively with other people

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Interpersonal skills

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Specific skills needed to accomplish a specialized activity

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Technical skills

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The ability to speak Listen and wrote effectively

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Communication skills

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The ability to influence others

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Leadership

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Task-oriented leAdership style in which workers are told what to do and how to accomplish it without having a say in the decision making process

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Autocratic leadership

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Leadership style in which all members of a team are involved in identifying essential goals and developing strategies to reach those goals

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Participative leadership

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Personality based leadership style that in which the manager seeks to inspire workers with a vision of what can be accomplished to benefit all steak holders

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Entrepreneurial leadership

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The act of choosing one alternative from a set of alternatives

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Decision making

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The discrepancy between an actual condition and a desired one

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Problem

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The coordination of efforts directed at improving customer satisfaction, increasing employee participation, strengthening supplier partnerships and facilitating an organizational atmosphere of continuos quality improvement

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Total quality management

TQM

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A process used to evaluate the products processes or management practices of another organization that is superior in some way in order to improve quality

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Benchmarking

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Managers preform four basic functions

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Planning
Organizing
Leading and motivating
Controlling

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Three steps in control function of management

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Set standards
Measure actual performance
Take corrective action

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Three types of plans

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Strategic

Tactical

Operational

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Four steps of decision making

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Identify problem
Find possible solutions
Choose the solution that will be most effective
Implement and evaluate the chosen course of action

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The four basic management functions

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Planning 
Organizing 
Leading 
Motivating 
Controlling

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Most important resources of an organization

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Human resources

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The funds an organization uses to meet its obligations to investors and creditors

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Financial resources

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Optimization

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The process of balancing the goals across departments