Management styles Flashcards

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demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish

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authoritarian

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strongly limiting someone’s freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey

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strict

exactly correct

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used to refer to a situation in which decisions are made by a few people in authority rather than by the people who are affected by the decisions

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top-down

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stiff or fixed; not able to be bent or moved

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rigid

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considering the smaller or less important parts or details of a plan, organization

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bottom-up

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to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount

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approach
synonyms:
(come/get closer
draw closer/nearer
come up)
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involving the agreement of most people in group, democratic

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consensual

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advising and helping someone more generally over a longer time period

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mentoring

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the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it

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lack

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a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting
to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:

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delegate (noun)

verb

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the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you

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empowerment

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exchange of information between people so that they work well together

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Liaison

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where people and jobs are divided into many levels of importance

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hierarchical

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involving long and difficult dealings with officials

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bureaucratic (adj)

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a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem

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initiative

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giving training or advice for specific job or task

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coaching

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to spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision
to give attention to a particular subject or fact when judging something else

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consider

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according to an agreed set of methods or organized plan

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systematic (adj)

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based on feelings rather than facts or proof,

able to know or understand something because of feelings rather than facts or proof

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intuitive

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taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens

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proactive

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a mention of something,
a writer or a book, article, etc. that is mentioned in a piece of writing, showing you where particular information was found

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reference

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a difference between two similar things

a mark given to students who produce work of an excellent standard

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distinction (noun)

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If a situation involves someone or something, he, she, or it is affected by it

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involve (verb)

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the process of finding people to work for a company or become a new member of an organization

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recruitment (noun)

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to show or make something clear

to show something and explain how it works

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demonstrate (verb)

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putting a lot of effort into your work

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conscientious (adj)

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moving towards a higher position, level, or value

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upward (adj)

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detailed and careful

complete, very great, or very much

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thorough (adj)

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something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing

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setback (noun)