WEEK 9 Flashcards

1
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wear many hats and must bring with them an entire toolkit of skills—conceptual skills, human skill

A

Managers

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2
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Set organizational objectives and goals Scan external environment for opportunities

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Top Managers

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3
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Allocate resources to achieve the goals and objectives set by top managers Oversee first-line managers

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Middle Managers

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4
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Coordinate activities developed by middle-managers

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First-Line Managers/ Supervisory Managers

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5
Q

Robert Katz identified three critical skill sets for successful managers

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Technical Skills
Conceptual Skills
Human Skills

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6
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A learned capacity in any given field of work, study, or play. Front-line managers often need to use technical skills on a daily basis

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Technical Skills

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7
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Ability to generate ideas creatively and intuitively and show comprehensive understanding of contexts
and topics

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Conceptual Skills

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8
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– an ability to formulate ideas or mental abstractions

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Conceptual Thinking

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9
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A combination of social, interpersonal, and leadership skills

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Human Skills

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10
Q

is a process of thinking about and
organizing the activities needed to achieve a desired goal.

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Planning

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11
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provides the foundation for
ongoing planning activities.

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Business Plan

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12
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Gives employees something to rally behind and can let the world know where the company is going

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Vision Statement

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13
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Outlines how the business will turn its vision into reality and becomes the foundation for establishing specific goals and objectives

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Mission Statement

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14
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A key planning tool managers have at their disposal. Provides a means of projecting expectations, anticipating problems, and guiding decision
making

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SWOT Analysis

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15
Q

SWOT stands for:

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Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

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16
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A manager can take a number of different approaches to leading and overseeing an organization.

A

Leading

17
Q

is highly complex and often involves a systematic review of human resources, finances,
and priorities.

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Organizing

18
Q

Different Management Styles

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  1. Autocratic/Authoritarian
  2. Laissez-faire/Free Rein
  3. Participative/Democratic
19
Q

Managers do not take any suggestions or consider initiatives from subordinates.

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Autocratic/Authoritarian

20
Q

Known as “hands-off” management because the manager delegates the tasks to the followers while providing little or no direction.

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Laissez-faire/Free-Rein

21
Q

Manager shares the decision-making authority with group members.

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Participative/Democratic

22
Q

Different Leadership Styles

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Transformational
Transactional
Narcissistic

23
Q

Work with subordinates to identify needed change, create and share an inspiring vision, and bring about change together with committed members of a group. Serves to enhance the motivation, morale, and job performance of followers.

A

Transformational

24
Q

Focuses on supervision, organization, and performance. Pays attention to their followers’ work in order to find fault or deviation and gain their
compliance through a system of rewards and punishments.

A

Transactional

25
Q

Two factors that form reward/punishment system:

A

Contingent reward
Management by exception

26
Q

provides rewards for effort and recognizes good performance

A

Contingent Reward

27
Q

the leader intervenes when subordinates do not meet
acceptable performance levels

A

Management by Exception

28
Q

are visionary and charismatic, with a keen ability to attract and inspire followers.

A

Narcissistic

29
Q

The leadership style of managers in an organization is usually indicative of the underlying
philosophy, or values, of the organization.

A

Corporate Culture

30
Q

is the activity of observing a given
organizational process, measuring performance against a previously
established metric, and improving it where possible

A

Controlling

31
Q

The process of control usually consists of the following five cyclical steps:

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Setting standards and goals

Measuring performance

Compare actual performance to established performance standards

Take corrective action

Use information gained from process to set up future performance standards

32
Q

S.M.A.R.T operational objectives

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Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Realistic
Time constrained

33
Q

is the process of collecting, analyzing, and/or reporting
information regarding the performance of an individual, group, organization, system, or
component.

A

Performance Measurement

34
Q

The rubric for measuring organizational performance is called a __________.

A

Performance Metric

35
Q

is a planned response at fixing the problem

A

Corrective Action