Organization and Management Flashcards
Lesson 1 to Lesson 7 (Midterms)
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The process of utilizing the resources of the organization in an effective and efficient manner to attain targeted objectives
Is the art of getting things done through and with people in formally organized groups
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Management
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An important or significant function in the performance of all the other functions
Mapping out exact specific objectives
Determining the most valuable course of action
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Planning
3
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Making certain that required human & and physical resources are on hand to execute a plan or attain organizational goals/objectives
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Organizing
4
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To employ the right people for the right job to realize the objectives of organization
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Staffing
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Motivating, communicating, guiding, and encouraging people in the organization
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Leading
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Continuously checking results against predetermined goals and objectives and takes curative actions
Valuable for guaranteeing all other functions of the organization are in place
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Controlling
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Defined as slow stages of growth and development from simple forms to more complex forms
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Evolution
8
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Oldest and widely accepted belief in managements
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Classical Theory
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German sociologist that proposed for the novel idea of bureaucracy
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Max Weber
10
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Serve as a standard for guiding or directing actions or conduct of employees in a workplace and provide discipline
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Rules
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Provides equity and fairness for all employees by not accepting subjective personal/emotional thoughts during assessment procedures
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Impersonality
12
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Clear splitting and defining of work based on knowledge and personal experience
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Division of Labor
13
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Categorizes jobs based on the level of authority
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Hierarchical Structure
14
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Refers to “who has the right to decide”
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Authority Structure
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Founded on custom, ancestry, gender, birth order, and the like
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Traditional Authority
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Based on the uniform application of establishes laws and rules
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Rational-Legal Authority
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Visible in a leader whose mission and vision in life encourages others
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Charismatic Authority
18
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Visualization of employee and organization as being loyal to each other
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Commitment to Long-term Job
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Accomplishing the organizational goals the most efficient way
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Rationality
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Makes use of the step by step, scientific methods for finding the best way of doing things
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Scientific Management Theory
21
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Father of Scientific Management
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Frederick W. Taylor
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One of the highlights of scientific management.
No single foreman could be an expert in all the assignments supervised
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Specialization
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Revolutionized the use of motion pictures to study workers motions
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Frank Gilbreth
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First woman to receive a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology
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Lilian Gilbreth
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Father of Modern Management
Henri Fayol
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Well- known for his Gantt Chart, contributing to Taylor’s Theory
Henry Gantt
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Could be in terms of obedience, application, and respect to superiors
Discipline
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Dividing each job into small specialized tasks and assigning responsibilities to a specialist
Division of Work
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The right to give order and power while responsibility: to realize objective
Authority
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A subordinate should receive orders from only one boss
Unity of Command
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All works of an organization must perform jointly to achieve a common objective
Unity of Direction
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Workers prioritizes the common interest of organization rather than himself
Subordination of Individual Interest to Common Interest
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Should be given fair and adequate
Remuneration
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Should be one central point in organization which exercises general direction and control of all parts
Centralization
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Chain/line of command and communication from superior to subordinates
Scalar Chain
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Provides jobs and materials in proper order for an efficient management & organization’s direction
Order
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Builds loyalty and devotion among employees through fair discipline and order
Equity
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Provides security of job for an employee
Stability of Tenure Personnel
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Management must promote a harmony of interest & appropriate understanding among workers
Espirit de Corps
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It means that a manager must encourage employees under him to act on their own
Initiative
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Also known as the “Behavioral Science Approach”
Neo-Classical Theory
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An individual answerable for the performance of group members in the workplace
Has the official authority to assign resources of the organization
Manager
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Cater day to day operations of the organization
Directly involved with people that produces the companies’ goods & services
First Line Manager
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Responsible for looking for the best way on organizing human and other resources
Middle Line Manager
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Executives with cross departmental duties
Responsible for the overall direction of the organization
Top Manager
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Requires the ability to apply proficiency or expertise to perform particular tasks
Technical Skills
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Exhibits the ability to soundly work in cooperation with others
Human Skills
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Ability to see the total picture of the organization to know how the different parts affect each other
Conceptual Skills
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Ability to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation
Knowing how to identify a problem
Diagnostic Skills
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Require equally at all 3 levels of management
Must be able to communicate plans and policies to workers
Communication Skills
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Ability to influence human behavior, this skill helps managers to get the work done through the workers
Leadership Skills
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Is the evaluation of how inspired employees are to interrelate with superiors
Motivation to Manage
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To sweat it out or give oneself to hard work
Kayod
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The realist (type of manager)
Kayod
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This kind of manager tends to be action-hungry
Kayod
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Strong or Strict work ethics (type of manager)
Kayod
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Sigurista (type of manager)
Kayod
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Knows how to use people (type of manager)
Kayod
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Refuses any kind of bribery (type of manager)
Kayod
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Fast-decision maker (type of manager)
Kayod
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Impatient, shrewd (type of manager)
Kayod
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Spanish term for book
Libro
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This kind of manager seeks decisions from a step-by-step process written in the company's policy
Libro
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Systematic & Analytical (type of manager)
Libro
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Thinker
Cautious
Planning-oriented
Stubborn
Libro
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Has high ideas (type of manager)
Libro
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Mataas ang tingin sa sarili
Libro
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This manager is very keen at looking/finding loopholes in anything
Lusot
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Likes to resort to shaky deals
Lusot
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Believes in "NO-MONEY-NO-WORK" philosophy
Lusot
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Spanish term "oir" or "to listen"
Oido
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Acquires his managerial skills by playing it by ear
Oido
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Utilizes people's knowledge and formal training/education by applying their vast field of practical experiences
Oido
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A hybrid of all type of managers
Ugnayan
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Opposite of the "Libro" manager
Oido
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Highly adaptable, highly resilient
Ugnayan
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Believes in contingency management
Ugnayan
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The reconciler manager
Ugnayan
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Has excellent behavioral skills
Ugnayan
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Activities intended to obtain information about events and trends that take place outside and inside the organization
Environmental Scanning
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The acquisition and use of information gleaned from outside sources external to the company
External Analysis
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Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the different functional areas in the organization
Internal Analysis
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Includes the external factors that usually affect all or most players in every industry
General/Macro Environment
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Portrays the practices and dealings of government bodies
Political Environment
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Identifies what organization can or cannot do at a particular time
Legal Environment
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A process by which 2 or more individuals/groups with both common and contradictory goals, talk about proposals in an effort to reach an agreement
Negotiation
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Aims to persuade government decisions by providing administrators with information
Lobbying
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A shared attempt of 3 or more organizations/groups/alliance to realize a common objective
Alliance
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This process involves membership in an external organization that provides wellbeing to its members
Representation
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A practice by which people discover the values held by an organization and the broader society
Socialization
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The study that centers on appreciating how people or countries manufacture, dispense and use diverse goods and services
Economics
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Refer to the character and direction of the economic system within which the firm operates
Economic Factors
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Consists of the demographic, characteristics, general behavior, attitude, beliefs, customs, lifestyles
Socio-cultural Factors
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Includes anything within the context of society that has potential to affect an organization
Socio-cultural Factors
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The knowledge, tools, and techniques used to transform inputs into outputs
Technology
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Forces and conditions unique to a specific firm’s industry and directly influence the ability of the organization’s ability to obtain inputs and dispose outputs
Specific Environment
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Concern broad environmental issues such as the natural environment, global warming, and sustainable economic growth
Ecological Factors
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Individuals and companies that provide an organization with input resources
Suppliers
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Are businesses that assist other organizations to trade their goods and services
Distributors
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Individuals and groups that purchase products and services that an organization manufactures
Customers
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These are businesses in the same industry that produce and sell the same goods and services to a specific organization
Competitors
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These are groups of concerned people who assemble together to endeavor in influencing trade practices
Advocacy Groups
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Consists of policies and rules that oversee the business practices and procedures
Industry Regulation
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Used by organizations or business to evaluate things in order to achieve competitive advantage
SWOT analysis
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Developed the SWOT Analysis
Ken Andrews
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Is the continuous, intensive actions of policy makers and communities to advance the standard of living and economic health of a particular area
Economic Development
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Usually has extreme low literacy rates, unconstructed roads, short life expectancy, and widespread hunger
Subsistence Economy
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An economy that is wholly dependent on the self-provisioning of the community
Subsistence Economy
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Is an economy where the output is more than needed to consume in order to survive
Commercial Economy
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Citizens and government can make investments which allow their economy function more efficiently with this little surplus of wealth
Commercial Economy
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Is nation’s economy that is making headway toward becoming advanced
Emerging Market Economy
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The nation under this phase has universal basic health services
Emerging Market Economy
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An act of grouping activities into effective cooperation for definite objective
Business Organization
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An economy that commercializes inventions leading to creation of a new business enterprises
Technology-based Economy
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It is chiefly concerned with the formation and allocation of utilities for earning profit
Business Organization
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A business with a single natural owner who manages the business on his own or employs employees
Sole Proprietorship
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It is the simplest and most common way to set up a business
Sole Proprietorship
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A legal form of business with 2 or more individuals who combines their resources and manages the business
Partnership
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Partners divide the unlimited liabilities of the business and control the business together
Partnership
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A legal entity doing business owned by multiple shareholders and is overseen by a board of directors elected by shareholders
Corporation
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It is a written and legal contract between business partners
Establishes the conditions of the business. It must be crafted with the aid of a lawyer
Partnership Agreement
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A __________ is identified by terms, limited (Ltd.), Incorporated (Inc.), and Corporation (Corp.)
Corporation
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An autonomous association of persons, organized and controlled by its members, who voluntarily pool resources to provide themselves and their patrons with good services or other benefits
Cooperatives
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All owners share in operating the business and assuming liability for the debts of the business
General Partnership
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Is an owner who has unlimited liability and active in managing the business
General Partner
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Has more general partners and one or more limited partners who have limited liability to the extent of their investment
Limited Partnership
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Is an owner who makes investments in the business but does not actively participate in its management and his liability for losses does not extend up to his contribution in the business
Limited partner
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All the partners have limited liability of the business debts and has no general partner
Limited Liability Partnership
