GMS Chapter 2 Flashcards

2
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3 classical management approaches

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NAME?

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3
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Managerial Competency

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Skill-based capability for high performance in management job

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4
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Motion study

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The science to reducing a task to its basic physical motions

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5
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Scalar chain

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(Administrative principle) they should be a clear and unbrocken line of communication for top to buttom of an organization

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6
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Unity of command principle

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(Administrative principle) each person should receive orders from only one boss

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7
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Unity of principle

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One person should be in charge of all the activities that have the same PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

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8
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Disadvantages of bureaucracy

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NAME?

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9
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Hawthorne Effect

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the tendency of q person singled out for special attention to perform as expected

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10
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5 Human needs of Maslow

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NAME?

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11
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7 Modern Management Fondations

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-Quantitative analysis and tools-Organization as a system -Contingency thinking -Quality management -Knowledge management -Evidence based management -21st century leadership

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12
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Management science/ Operation research

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Use quantitative analysis and applied mathematics to solve problems

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13
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Operation Management

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STUDY of how organization produce goods and services

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14
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System

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A collection of interrelated parts working togather for a purpose

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15
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contingency Thinking

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Match management practise with situational demand

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16
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ISO certification

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indicates conformity with a rigourous set of international quality standard

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17
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Knowledge management

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The process of using intelactual capital for competitive advantage

18
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High performance Organization

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Continuously acheives excelance while creating high quality work environment

19
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Evidence based management

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Making decision based on hard facts about what realy works

20
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Bureaucracy

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A rational and efficient form of organization founded on logic, order, and legitimate authority

21
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5 Behavioural Management Approaches

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  • Theory of human needs (Maslow - Hawthorn Studies - Organizations as communities (Follett)- Theory X and Theory Y (Douglas) - Personality and Organization
22
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Human Relations Movement

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Suggests that managers using good relations will acheive productivity

23
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Organizational Behaviour

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The STUDY of individuals and groups in an organization

24
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Theory X

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People dislike work, lack ambition, act irresponsably, and prefer to be led

25
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Theory Y

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People are willing to work, like responsability, and are self directed ad creative

26
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Open System

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Interacts with its environement and transforms resource input into output

27
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Total Quality Management

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Managing with organization-wide comitment to continuous improvement, product quality, and customer needs

28
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Continuous Improvement

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Involves always searching for new ways to improve work quality and performance

29
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Learning Organization

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Continuously changes and improves, using the lessons of experience