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Managing a Business Flashcards

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What four things does management do

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Planning
Leading
Organising
Controlling

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What are the six different types of power

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Reward power
Coercive power
Referent power
Expert power
Legitimate power
Negative power
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What is authority

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The right to do something or the right to request another person to do something

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What is responsibility

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The obligation a person has to fulfil a task

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What is accountability

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A person’s liability to be called to account for the fulfilment of a task

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What are the pros of delegation

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Greater flexibility
Quicker decisions
Allows career development
Relieves seniors of less important activities
Greater motivation
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What are the cons of delegation

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Only delegated boring work
Work can be too difficult (Inadequate training)
Can be demotivating

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What is a line manager

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Has authority over subordinates

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What is a staff manager

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Has authority in an advisory capacity

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What is a functional manager

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Hybrid of staff and line manager - authority in certain circumstances

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What is a project manager

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Temporary team manager

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What two cultures make up a human relations culture

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Flexible

Inward-looking

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What two cultures make up a open systems culture

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Flexible

Outward looking

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What two cultures make up a rational goal culture

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Controlled

Outward looking

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What two cultures make up a internal process culture

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Controlled

Inward looking

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What are the 5(7) key functions of a business

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Finance
HR management
Marketing
IT
Operations
-(R&D)
-(Procurement)
17
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What are the four main concepts of marketing

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Sales orientation - aggressive selling strategy
Production orientation - make as many units as possible
Product orientation - develop sophisticated products
Marketing orientation - focus on needs

18
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What are the characteristics of a consumer market (B2C)

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Fast moving consumer goods
Consumer durables
Services

19
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What are the characteristics of a industrial market (B2B)

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Small number of big customers
Large purchase sizes
Expert buyers with high bargaining power

20
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What are the 4Ps of marketing

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Product
Place
Promotion
Price

21
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What are the additional 3Ps of service industry marketing

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People
Processes
Physical evidence

22
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What is market segmentation

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Dividing the market into similar groups (demographic, socio-economic, geography, etc.) to target

23
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What are the 4Vs of Operations

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Volume
Variety
Visibility
Variation in demand

24
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What the five ‘rights’ of procurement

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Right quality
Right quantity 
Right price
Right place
Right time
25
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What is a supply chain

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A network of organisations and their systems/resources/services that turn raw resources into goods/services

26
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What is the difference between hard and soft HR management

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Hard:
Meet organisation objectives
Short-term perspective
Top-down management

Soft:
Create human assets
Long term perspective
Flexibility

27
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What are the 4Cs of HRM effectiveness

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Commitment
Competence
Congruence
Cost-effectiveness

28
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What are the four main components of IT management

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Plan in-house IT activities
Consider outsourcing or external help
Be aware of IT possibilities
Innovation and investment

29
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What are some overt organisational behaviours

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Rules/regulations
Products
Physical assets

30
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What are some covert organisational behaviours

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Attitudes

Personalities

31
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What is the difference between a multi-skill and a multi-functional group

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Multi-skill: Anyone can do any role

Multi-functional: Individuals are specialised

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