Introduction to Management and Organization System Flashcards
Management is the attainent of organizational goals in an ____.
effective and efficient manner
____ is the attainment of organizational plans in an effective and efficient manner.
Management
Four Management Functions
- Planning
- Organizing
- Leading
- Controlling
____ means achieving the right goals and outcomes.
Effective
____ means using resources wisely to achieve goals with minimal waste.
Efficient
____ means identifying goals for the future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and use of resources needed to attain them.
Planning
____ defines where the organization wants to be in the future and how to get there.
Managerial planning
____ involves assigning tasks, grouping tasks into departments, delegating authority, and allocating resources across the organization.
Organizing
____ is the use of influence to motivate employees to achieve organizational goals.
Leading
____ means monitoring employees’ activities, etc., and making corrections as necessary.
Controlling
Systems Theory was proposed by ____.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Ludwig von Bertalanffy proposed the ____.
Systems Theory
____ encourages you to realize that your business is a system and is governed by the same laws and behaviors that affect every other biological organization.
Systems Theory
Systems Theory introduced such concepts as ____.
- Entropy
- Synergy
- Subsystem
____ is the tendency for a system to run down and die.
Entropy
____ means working together.
Synergy
The whole business is built on ____ which themselves are built on yet more ____.
subsystems
____ principles of administrative management as a top-down approach to examining a business. He put himself in his manager’s shoes and imagined what situations they might encounter when dealing with their team.
Miner and Engineer Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol concluded that management had ____ responsibilities when it came to managing employees.
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Six Responsibilities in Managing Employees
- Organize
- Command
- Control
- Coordinate
- Plan
- Forecast
____ proposed the Principles of Administrative Management.
Henri Fayol
Henri Fayol proposed the ____.
Principles of Administrative Management
____ proposed Bureaucratic Management.
Max Weber
Max Weber proposed ____.
Bureaucratic Management
