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Organization and Management Flashcards

Lesson 1 to Lesson 7 (Midterms)

1
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Clear splitting and defining of work based on knowledge and personal experience

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Division of Labor

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Categorizes jobs based on the level of authority

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Hierarchical Structure

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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

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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

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21
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Father of Scientific Management

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Frederick W. Taylor

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22
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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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23
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Revolutionized the use of motion pictures to study workers motions

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Frank Gilbreth

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24
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First woman to receive a Ph.D. in Industrial Psychology

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Lilian Gilbreth

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25
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Father of Modern Management

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Henri Fayol

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25
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Well- known for his Gantt Chart, contributing to Taylor’s Theory

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Henry Gantt

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Could be in terms of obedience, application, and respect to superiors

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Discipline

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26
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Dividing each job into small specialized tasks and assigning responsibilities to a specialist

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Division of Work

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26
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The right to give order and power while responsibility: to realize objective

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Authority

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27
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A subordinate should receive orders from only one boss

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Unity of Command

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28
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All works of an organization must perform jointly to achieve a common objective

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Unity of Direction

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29
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Workers prioritizes the common interest of organization rather than himself

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Subordination of Individual Interest to Common Interest

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30
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Should be given fair and adequate

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Remuneration

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31
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Should be one central point in organization which exercises general direction and control of all parts

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Centralization

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32
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Chain/line of command and communication from superior to subordinates

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Scalar Chain

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Provides jobs and materials in proper order for an efficient management & organization’s direction

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Order

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33
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Builds loyalty and devotion among employees through fair discipline and order

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Equity

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34
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Provides security of job for an employee

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Stability of Tenure Personnel

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35
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Management must promote a harmony of interest & appropriate understanding among workers

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Espirit de Corps

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35
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It means that a manager must encourage employees under him to act on their own

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Initiative

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36
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Also known as the “Behavioral Science Approach”

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Neo-Classical Theory

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37
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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

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Manager

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Cater day to day operations of the organization

Directly involved with people that produces the companies’ goods & services

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First Line Manager

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39
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Responsible for looking for the best way on organizing human and other resources

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Middle Line Manager

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40
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Executives with cross departmental duties

Responsible for the overall direction of the organization

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Top Manager

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41
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Requires the ability to apply proficiency or expertise to perform particular tasks

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Technical Skills

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42
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Exhibits the ability to soundly work in cooperation with others

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Human Skills

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43
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Ability to see the total picture of the organization to know how the different parts affect each other

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Conceptual Skills

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Ability to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation

Knowing how to identify a problem

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Diagnostic Skills

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45
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Require equally at all 3 levels of management

Must be able to communicate plans and policies to workers

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Communication Skills

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46
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Ability to influence human behavior, this skill helps managers to get the work done through the workers

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Leadership Skills

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47
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Is the evaluation of how inspired employees are to interrelate with superiors

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Motivation to Manage

48
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To sweat it out or give oneself to hard work

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Kayod

49
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The realist (type of manager)

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Kayod

50
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This kind of manager tends to be action-hungry

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Kayod

51
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Strong or Strict work ethics (type of manager)

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Kayod

52
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Sigurista (type of manager)

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Kayod

53
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Knows how to use people (type of manager)

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Kayod

54
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Refuses any kind of bribery (type of manager)

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Kayod

55
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Fast-decision maker (type of manager)

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Kayod

56
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Impatient, shrewd (type of manager)

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Kayod

57
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Spanish term for book

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Libro

58
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This kind of manager seeks decisions from a step-by-step process written in the company’s policy

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Libro

59
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Systematic & Analytical (type of manager)

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Libro

60
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Thinker
Cautious
Planning-oriented
Stubborn

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Libro

61
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Has high ideas (type of manager)

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Libro

62
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Mataas ang tingin sa sarili

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Libro

63
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This manager is very keen at looking/finding loopholes in anything

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Lusot

64
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Likes to resort to shaky deals

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Lusot

64
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Believes in “NO-MONEY-NO-WORK” philosophy

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Lusot

65
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Spanish term “oir” or “to listen”

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Oido

66
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Acquires his managerial skills by playing it by ear

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Oido

66
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Utilizes people’s knowledge and formal training/education by applying their vast field of practical experiences

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Oido

67
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A hybrid of all type of managers

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Ugnayan

67
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Opposite of the “Libro” manager

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Oido

68
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Highly adaptable, highly resilient

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Ugnayan

68
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Believes in contingency management

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Ugnayan

69
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The reconciler manager

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Ugnayan

69
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Has excellent behavioral skills

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Ugnayan

70
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Activities intended to obtain information about events and trends that take place outside and inside the organization

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Environmental Scanning

71
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The acquisition and use of information gleaned from outside sources external to the company

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External Analysis

72
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Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the different functional areas in the organization

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Internal Analysis

73
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Includes the external factors that usually affect all or most players in every industry

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General/Macro Environment

74
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Portrays the practices and dealings of government bodies

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Political Environment

75
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Identifies what organization can or cannot do at a particular time

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Legal Environment

76
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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

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Negotiation

77
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Aims to persuade government decisions by providing administrators with information

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Lobbying

78
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A shared attempt of 3 or more organizations/groups/alliance to realize a common objective

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Alliance

79
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This process involves membership in an external organization that provides wellbeing to its members

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Representation

80
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A practice by which people discover the values held by an organization and the broader society

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Socialization

80
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The study that centers on appreciating how people or countries manufacture, dispense and use diverse goods and services

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Economics

81
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Refer to the character and direction of the economic system within which the firm operates

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Economic Factors

82
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Consists of the demographic, characteristics, general behavior, attitude, beliefs, customs, lifestyles

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Socio-cultural Factors

83
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Includes anything within the context of society that has potential to affect an organization

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Socio-cultural Factors

84
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The knowledge, tools, and techniques used to transform inputs into outputs

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Technology

85
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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

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Specific Environment

86
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Concern broad environmental issues such as the natural environment, global warming, and sustainable economic growth

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Ecological Factors

87
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Individuals and companies that provide an organization with input resources

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Suppliers

88
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Are businesses that assist other organizations to trade their goods and services

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Distributors

89
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Individuals and groups that purchase products and services that an organization manufactures

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Customers

90
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These are businesses in the same industry that produce and sell the same goods and services to a specific organization

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Competitors

91
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These are groups of concerned people who assemble together to endeavor in influencing trade practices

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Advocacy Groups

92
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Consists of policies and rules that oversee the business practices and procedures

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Industry Regulation

93
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Used by organizations or business to evaluate things in order to achieve competitive advantage

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SWOT analysis

94
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Developed the SWOT Analysis

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Ken Andrews

95
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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

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Economic Development

96
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Usually has extreme low literacy rates, unconstructed roads, short life expectancy, and widespread hunger

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Subsistence Economy

97
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An economy that is wholly dependent on the self-provisioning of the community

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Subsistence Economy

98
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Is an economy where the output is more than needed to consume in order to survive

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Commercial Economy

99
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Citizens and government can make investments which allow their economy function more efficiently with this little surplus of wealth

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Commercial Economy

99
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Is nation’s economy that is making headway toward becoming advanced

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Emerging Market Economy

99
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The nation under this phase has universal basic health services

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Emerging Market Economy

100
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An act of grouping activities into effective cooperation for definite objective

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Business Organization

100
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An economy that commercializes inventions leading to creation of a new business enterprises

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Technology-based Economy

101
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It is chiefly concerned with the formation and allocation of utilities for earning profit

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Business Organization

101
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A business with a single natural owner who manages the business on his own or employs employees

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Sole Proprietorship

102
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It is the simplest and most common way to set up a business

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Sole Proprietorship

103
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A legal form of business with 2 or more individuals who combines their resources and manages the business

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Partnership

104
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Partners divide the unlimited liabilities of the business and control the business together

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Partnership

104
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A legal entity doing business owned by multiple shareholders and is overseen by a board of directors elected by shareholders

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Corporation

105
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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

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Partnership Agreement

106
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A __________ is identified by terms, limited (Ltd.), Incorporated (Inc.), and Corporation (Corp.)

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Corporation

107
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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

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Cooperatives

108
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All owners share in operating the business and assuming liability for the debts of the business

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General Partnership

109
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Is an owner who has unlimited liability and active in managing the business

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General Partner

110
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Has more general partners and one or more limited partners who have limited liability to the extent of their investment

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Limited Partnership

111
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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

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Limited partner

112
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All the partners have limited liability of the business debts and has no general partner

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Limited Liability Partnership

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