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Management 361 Final
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Undergraduate 3
12/10/2012

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Organization
Definition
social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured
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Purpose of organization
Definition
is to create “value”
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Management
Definition
The process of dealing with or controlling things or people; The responsibility for and control of a company or similar organization
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Purpose of management
Definition
To accomplish organizational goals
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4 management functions
Definition
1. Planning,
2. Organizing,
3. Leading,
4. Controlling
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synergy
Definition
the condition that exsits when the organization's parts interact to produce a joint effect that is greater than the sum of the parts acting alone' the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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equifinality
Definition
the property of allowing or having the same effect or result from different events
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effective
Definition
: the degree to which the organizations achieve goals
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efficient
Definition
use of minimal resources to produce desire output
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planning
Definition
the management function concerned with defining goals for future oranizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to attain them; the acts of determining the organization's goals and the means for acheiving them
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goals
Definition
a desired future state that the organization attempts to realize
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MBO System
Definition
a method of management whereby managers and employees define goals for every department, project, and person and use them to monitor subsequent performance
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Characteristics of MBO Systems
Definition
set goals, develop action plans, review progress, appraise overall performance
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strategic management
Definition
the set of decisions and actions used to formulate and implement strategies that will provide a competitively superior fit between the organization and its environment so as to achieve organizational goals
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3 steps of strategic management
Definition
corporate/business/functional
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SWOT Matrix
Definition
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
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decision
Definition
a choice made from available alternatives
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organizing
Definition
the management function concerned with assigned tasks, grouping tasks into departments, and allocating resources to departments; the deployment of organizational resources to achieve strategic goals
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line authority
Definition
people in management positions have formal authority to direct and control immediate subordinates
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staff authority
Definition
includes the right to advise, recommend, and counsel in the staff specialists' area of expertise
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organizational chart
Definition
shows chain of command, indicates departmental tasks and how they fit together, provides order and logic for the organization
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organization structure
Definition
the framework in which the organization defines how tasks are divided, resources are deployed, and departments are coordinated.
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incremental change
Definition
a small adjustment made toward an end result
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HR Process
Definition
Scrutinize the Current Job Market, evaluate organizational needs, anticipate employee turnover, estimate future hr needs
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internal diversity
Definition
the things that we are born with that we have no control over
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external diversity
Definition
the things in our life that we can slightly control
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leadership
Definition
the ability to influence people toward the attaintment of organizational goals
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economic management
Definition
a concrete historical method of influencing the process of social labor in accordance with the objective laws of social development; one of the principal forms of social control. Economic management involves both the production and the nonproduction sphere
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extrensic
Definition
outside
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intrensic
Definition
inside
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2 factors of team effectiveness
Definition
productive output/personal satisfaction
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controlling
Definition
monitoring employees' activities, determining whether the organization is on target toward its goals, and making corrections as necessary
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communication model
Definition
sender encodes message - receiver decodes message - channel - noise - feedback loop
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the big 6 questions
Definition
#1 – What is an organization?


#2 – What do organizations do?

#3 – What is management?

#4 – What does management do?

#5 – What is the link between organizations and management?

#6 – Why does this matter anyway?
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Total Quality Management
Definition
an organization wide commitment to infusing quality into every activity through continous improvement
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feetforward
Definition
controls inputs
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concurrent
Definition
transformation process
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feedback
Definition
outputs
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financial control
Definition
budget/financial statement/financial ratio
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Value Chain
Definition
sequence of activities from procurement of inputs through transformation process to production of outputs and distribution to customers
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Supply Chain
Definition
… raw materials, good in process, and finished goods going to customers … it is part of the value chain.
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