Management Today Flashcards
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step 1
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Identify problem, need, want, or goal
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step 2
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-Clarify values
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step 3
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identify resources
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step 4
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decide, plan, and implement
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step 5
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accomplish goals and evaluate
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management process
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involves thinking, action and results
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management
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- process of using resources to achieve goals
- process of using what one has to get what one wants
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problems
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- questions, dilemmas, or situations that require solving
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needs
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- what we need to survive or sustain live (food and shelter)
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want
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- thinks that we desire, but are not necessary for survival
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goals (2)
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- the end results that require action for their fulfillment
- connect individuals to situations, providing a sense of meaning and control over events and environments
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values
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- principles that guide behaviour (honestly or loyalty)
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clarification
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- to make clear, easier to understand, or elaborate
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resources
- definiton
- examples
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- whatever is available to be used
- eg. information, time, skills, energy, money
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standards (2)
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- quantitative/qualitative criteria that reconcile resources with demands
- dynamic and flexible; can change over time
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decision making
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- choosing between 2+ alternatives
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planning (2)
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- making a series of decisions that lead to action
- give focus and direction to the pursuit of wants, needs and goals
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implementing
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- putting plans into actions
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feedback
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- information that returns to the system and enables the individual’s overall management knowledge and ability to grow
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management tools
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- measuring devices, techniques, or instruments that are used to arrive at decision and plans of action
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management style
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- characteristic way of making decisions
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lifestyle
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- characteristic way, or pattern, in which an individual conducts her or his life
- needs, wants, tastes, styles, and preferences
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life management
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- encompasses all the decisions a person or family will make and the way values, goals and resource use affect decision making
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in what year was “common-law” added to the definition of the census family
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1981
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in what year was "same sex common-law" added to the definition of the census family
2001
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in what year was "same sex marries couple" added to the definition of the census family
2006
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in what year was "couple with children classified as intact or step family (blended)" added to the definition of the census family
2011
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in what year was "foster children" added to the definition of the census family
2011
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in what year was "transgender and non-binary respondents" added to the definition of the census family
2021
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list the family types from most common to least common in Canada (7)
- one person
- couple with children
- couple without children
- lone-parent
- non-family of 2 or more
- other
- multiple family
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what are the 4 major changes that occurred in Canadian families from 1961 - 2011 (4)
1. married couple families declines
2. lone-parent families increased
3. smaller size of households/families
4. person not in Census families increased (those who live alone, live with relatives or non-relatives)
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how did the category "single earner family; mother earner and stay at home father" change from 1976 - 2011
- it increased
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how did the category "single earner family; father earner and stay at home mother" change from 1976 - 2011
- it decreased
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how did the category "dual earner families" change from 1976 - 2011
- it increased
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how has the average number of people per household changed over time?
- it has decreased
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how has the percentage of families living in detached homes changed over time?
- it initially decreased and then increased once again
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how has the percentage of families living in apartments changed over time?
- it has decreased
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married couple and the children, if any, of either and/or both spouses; a
couple living common law and the children, if any, of either and/or both partners; or a lone parent of
any marital status with at least one child living in the same dwelling and that child or those children. All
members of a particular census family live in the same dwelling. A couple may be of opposite or same
sex. Children may be children by birth, marriage, common-law union or adoption regardless of their age
or marital status as long as they live in the dwelling and do not have their own married spouse,
common-law partner or child living in the dwelling. Grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but
with no parents present also constitute a census family.
- census family definiton
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Any combination of two or more persons who are bound together over time by ties of mutual consent,
birth and/or adoption or placement and who, together, assume responsibilities for variant combinations
of some of the following:
Physical maintenance and care of group members
Addition of new members through procreation or adoption
Socialization of children
Social control of members
Production, consumption, distribution of goods and services
Affective nurturance – love
- vanier institute of the family definition
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definition is used when a disaster has occurred and
financial aid is to be given to survivors. Immediate family (mother, father, spouse, and dependent
children, grandchildren (includes step relations) are included. It can also include a fiancé, housemates or
others who are being supported financially. Proof of the financial dependency is shown by having joint
accounts or investments, homeownership, rental lease that both signed.
American Red Cross disaster services definition
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Usually they are related by blood, marriage or adoption. They
1. Form an economic unit and care for any young,
2. Consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, and
3. Commit to maintaining that group over time.
- Lamanna & Riedman, 2009 definition
