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Management Exam 1 Flashcards

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What are the Five Dysfunctions of a Team? (In order from top to bottom on the pyramid)

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  1. ) Inattention to Results
  2. ) Avoidance of Accountability
  3. ) Lack of Commitment
  4. ) Fear of Conflict
  5. ) Absence of Trust
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What is Inattention to Results Associated with?

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Status and Ego

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What is Avoidance of Accountability Associated with?

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Low Standards

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What is Lack of Commitment Associated with?

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Ambiguity

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What is Fear of Conflict Associated with?

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Artificial Harmony

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What is Absence of Trust Associated with?

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Invulnerability

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Teams that Trust…

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  1. ) Admit Weaknesses
  2. ) Ask for Help
  3. ) Accept Questions and Input Regarding their Areas of Responsibility
  4. ) Appreciate and Tap Into One Another’s Skills and Experiences
  5. ) Offer and Accept Apologies
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Teams that Engage in Healthy Conflict…

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  1. ) Have Lively Interesting Meetings
  2. ) Put Critical Topics on the Table for Discussion
  3. ) Tackle Issues “Head On”
  4. ) Solve Real Problems Quickly
  5. ) Minimize Politics
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What does Lack of Team Commitment Look Like?

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  1. ) Fuzzy Goals, No Direction
  2. ) Revisit Discussions Over and Over Again
  3. ) Encourages Second Guessing
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What does Avoidance of Accountability Look Like?

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  1. ) Encourages Mediocrity

2. ) Misses Deadlines and Key Deliverables

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What does Inattention to Results Look Like?

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  1. )Rarely Defeats Competitors

2. ) Encourages Team Members to Focus on Their Own Careers and Individual Goals

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5 Stages of Planning and Strategic Management

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  1. ) Establish the Organization’s Mission and Vision
  2. ) Formulate the Grand Strategy
  3. ) Formulate Strategic Plans, then Tactical, and Operational Plans
  4. ) Implement the Strategic Plans
  5. ) Control the Strategy
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What are the Levels of Planning Used for?

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Going from big picture, or long term, to day-to-day

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5 Levels of Planning

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  1. ) Mission Statement
  2. ) Vision Statement
  3. ) Strategic Planning
  4. ) Tactical Planning
  5. ) Operational Planning
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What is the Mission Statement?

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Who are we and why are we here?

Expresses the purpose of an organization.

These are not marketing slogans

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What is the Vision Statement?

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What do we want to become?

Long-term goals and asperations

Clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there. Tactical

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Who does Strategic Planning and For How Long?

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Done by top managers for 1-5 years

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Who does Tactical Planning and For How Long?

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Done by Middle Managers for 6-24 Months

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Who Does Operational Planning and for How Long?

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Done by First-Line managers for the next 1-52 weeks

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Three Levels of Management

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  1. )Top Management
  2. )Middle Management
  3. )First-Line Management
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Who are Top Managers?

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CEO, President, VP, GM, Division Heads

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Who are Middle Managers?

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Functional Managers, Product-Line Managers, Department Managers

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Who are First-Line Managers?

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Unit Managers, Team Leaders, First-Line Supervisors

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What are the Three Levels of Planning?

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  1. ) Strategic Planning (1-5 years)
  2. ) Tactical Planning (6 - 14 Months)
  3. ) Operational Planning (1-52 Weeks)
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What is Strategic Planning?

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Long-term decisions about overall direction of organization. Need to pay attention to environment outside of organization, be future oriented, deal with uncertain and highly competitive conditions

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What is Tactical Planning?

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Implementing policies and plans of top management, supervising and coordinating activities of first-line managers below, and making decisions often without base of clearly defined informational procedures

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What is Operational Planning?

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Directing daily tasks of non-managerial personnel; Decisions often predictable, following well-defined set of routine procedures

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What are SMART Goals?

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  1. ) Specific
  2. ) Measurable
  3. ) Attainable
  4. ) Relevant
  5. ) Time-Bound
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What are the 3 Common Grand Strategies?

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  1. ) Growth Strategy
  2. ) Stability
  3. ) Defensive
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What is the Growth Strategy?

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Expansion - As in sales revenue, market share, number of employees, or number of customers

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What is Stability?

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Involves little or no significant change

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What is Defensive?

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Reduction in the organization’s efforts, retrenchment

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What is Environmental Scanning?

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Careful monitoring of an organization’s internal and external environments to detect early signs of opportunities and threats that may influence a firm’s plans

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What does SWOT Stand for?

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  1. ) Strengths
  2. ) Weaknesses
  3. ) Opportunities
  4. ) Threats
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What two parts of SWOT focus on the INTERNAL parts of a company?

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  1. ) Strengths

2. ) Weaknesses

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What two parts of SWOT focus on things EXTERNAL to a company?

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  1. ) Opportunities

2. ) Threats

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What are strengths?

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Skills and capabilities that give the organization competitive advantage.

Strengths could be work processes, organization, culture, staff, product quality….

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What are Weaknesses?

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Drawbacks that hinder an organization.

Same categories as strengths. Work processes, organization, culture…

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What Are Opportunities?

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Environmental factors that give the organization competitive advantage

Market segment analysis, industry & competition analysis….

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What are Threats?

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Environmental factors that hinder an organization.

Same as Opportunities. Market Segment Analysis, Industry & Competition analysis…

41
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What are Porter’s Four Competitive Strategies

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  1. ) Cost-Leadership
  2. ) Differentiation
  3. ) Cost-Focus
  4. ) Focused-Differentiation
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What Two of Porter’s Strategies focus on a wide market?

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  1. ) Cost-Leadership

2. ) Differentiation

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What Two of Porter’s Strategies focus on a narrow market?

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  1. ) Cost-Focus

2. ) Focused-Differentiation

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What is Cost-Leadership?

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Keep costs and prices of a product or service below those of competitors. Target a wide market

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What is Differentiation?

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Offer products that are unique and superior compared to those of competitors but still target a wide market

46
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What is Cost-Focus?

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Keep costs and prices of a product or service below those of competitors but target a narrow market

47
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What is Focused Differentiation?

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Offer products that are unique and superior compared to those of competitors but target a narrow market

48
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What is the Boston Consulting Group Matrix?

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Star-Dog chart

49
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What has high market growth rate and high market share?

50
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What has high market growth rate and low market share?

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Question Marks

51
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What has low market growth rate and high market share?

52
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What has low market growth rate and low market share?

53
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What are the 7 Challenges to Being an Exceptional Manager?

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  1. ) Managing for Competitive Advantage
  2. ) Managing for Diversity
  3. ) Managing for Globalization
  4. ) Managing for Information Technology
  5. ) Managing for Ethical Standards
  6. ) Managing for Sustainability
  7. ) Managing for Your Own Happiness and Life Goals
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What are the Four Principal Management Functions?

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  1. ) Planning
  2. ) Organizing
  3. ) Leading
  4. ) Controlling
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What is Planning?

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Setting goals and deciding how to achieve them

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What is Organizing?

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Arranging tasks, people, and other resources to accomplish the work

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What is Leading?

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Motivating, Directing, and otherwise influencing people to work hard to achieve the organization’s goals

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What is Controlling?

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Monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and taking corrective action as needed.

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What are the Three Levels of Management?

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  1. ) Top Managers
  2. ) Middle Managers
  3. ) First-Line Managers
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What do Top Managers do?

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Determine Overall Direction

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What do Middle Managers Do?

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Implement Policies and Plans

62
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What do First-Line Managers Do?

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Direct Daily Tasks

63
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What are the 2 Areas of Management?

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Functional and General

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What are Functional Managers?

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Responsible for only one activity

65
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What are General Managers?

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Responsible for several activities

66
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What are the Three types of Organizations?

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  1. ) For-Profit
  2. ) Nonprofit
  3. ) Mutual-Benefit Organizations
67
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Three Managerial Roles

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  1. ) Interpersonal
  2. ) Informational
  3. ) Decisional
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What are the 3 Interpersonal Roles?

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  1. ) Figurehead
  2. ) Leader
  3. ) Liaison
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What are interpersonal roles?

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Interacting with people inside and outside of work units

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What are the 3 Informational Roles?

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  1. ) Monitor
  2. ) Disseminator
  3. ) Spokesperson
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What are informational roles?

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Receiving and communicating information

72
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What are the 4 Decisional Roles?

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  1. ) Entrepreneur
  2. ) Disturbance Handler
  3. ) Resource Allocator
  4. ) Negotiator
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What are decisional roles?

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Using information to make decisions to solve problems or take advantage of opportunities

74
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What are the 3 Skills Managers Need?

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  1. ) Technical Skills
  2. ) Conceptual Skills
  3. ) Human Skills
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What are Technical Skills?

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The ability to perform a specific job

76
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What are Conceptual Skills?

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The ability to think analytically

77
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What are Human Skills?

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The ability to interact well with people

78
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What are the 4 most valued traits in Managers?

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  1. ) The ability to motivate and engage others
  2. ) The ability to communicate
  3. ) Work experience outside of the US
  4. ) High energy levels to meet the demands of global travel and a 24/7 world

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