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Priciples Of Management
Chapter 2 and 3
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Management
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2008

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Term
CH 2
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Definition
the conscious effort to operate in a manner that creates a win-win situation for all stakeholders.
Term
CH 3
NONPROGRAMMED DECISIONS
Definition
significant decision that arise in nonrecurring and nonroutine situations, for which the decision maker should use the decision maker model.
Term
CH 2
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Definition
includes the factors that affect its performance from within its boundaries.
Term
CH 3
PROGRAMMED DECISIONS
Definition
decisions that arise in recurring or routine situations, for which the decision maker should use decision rules or organizational policies and procedures.
Term
CH 2
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
Definition
consisits of the values, beliefs, and assumptions about appropriate behavior that members of an organization share.
Term
CH 3
CREATIVE PROCESS
Definition
the approach to generating new ideas that involves 3 stages. 1. preparation 2. incubation and illumination. 3.evaluation.
Term
CH 2
MISSION
Definition
an organizations purpose or reason for being.
Term
CH 3
BRAINSTORMING
Definition
the process of suggesting many possible alternatives w/o evaluation.
Term
CH 3
CREATIVITY
Definition
a way of thinking that generates new ideas.
Term
CH 2
QUALITY
Definition
a measure of value determined by comparing actual functioning to customer requirements.
Term
CH 2
SYSTEMS PROCESS
Definition
the method used to transform inputs into outputs.
Term
CH 3
CONSENSUS MAPPING
Definition
the process of developing group agreement on a solution to a problem.
Term
CH 2
CUSTOMER VALUE
Definition
the perceived benefit of a product, used by customers to determine whether or not to buy the product.
Term
CH 3
INNOVATION
Definition
the implementation of a new idea.
Term
CH 2
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Definition
the process that involves everyone in an organization focusing on the customer to contiually improve product value.
Term
CH 3
CRITERIA
Definition
standards that an alternative must meet to be selected as the decision that will accomplish the objective.
Term
CH 2
LEVELS OF CULTURE
Definition
behavior, values, beliefs, and assumptions.
Term
CH 3
PARTICIPATIVE DECISION MAKING
Definition
a timedriven or development driven decision tree that assists a user in selecting one of five leadership style to use in a given situation to maximize a decision.
Term
CH 2
LEARNING ORGANIZATION
Definition
an organization w/ a culture that values sharing knowledge so as to adopt to the changing environment and continuously improve.
Term
CH 3
NOMINAL GROUPING
Definition
the process of generating and evaluating alternatives using a structured voting method.
Term
CH 2
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Definition
the factors outside of an organizations boundaries that affect its performance.
Term
CH 3
CREATIVITY
Definition
a way of thinking that generates new ideas.
Term
CH 2
STAKEHOLDERS APPROACH TO ETHICS
Definition
creating a win-win situation for all relavant stakeholders so that everyone benefits from the decision.
Term
CH 3
PROBLEM
Definition
the situation that exists whenever objectives are not being met.
Term
CH 2
ETHICS
Definition
standards of right and wrong that influence behavior.
Term
CH 3
PROBLEM SOLVING
Definition
the process of taking corrective action to meet objectives.
Term
CH 2
ETHNOCENTRISM
Definition
regarding ones own ethnic group or culture as superior to others.
Term
CH 3
DECISION MAKING
Definition
the process of selecting a course of action that will solve a problem.
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