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The flow of resources, information, and products across the world is called nationalization.
The flow of resources, information, and products across the world is called nationalization.
False (B)
The top level of management includes positions such as department heads and team leaders
The top level of management includes positions such as department heads and team leaders
False (B)
Line managers are responsible for providing technical expertise to support worker efforts.
Line managers are responsible for providing technical expertise to support worker efforts.
False (B)
Assigning tasks, allocating resources, and defining responsibilities are part of the organizing managerial function.
Assigning tasks, allocating resources, and defining responsibilities are part of the organizing managerial function.
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Inspiring people to work toward objectives is part of the managerial function called planning.
Inspiring people to work toward objectives is part of the managerial function called planning.
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The ability to perform specialized tasks is a human skill.
The ability to perform specialized tasks is a human skill.
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The ability to think critically and solve problems is a conceptual skill.
The ability to think critically and solve problems is a conceptual skill.
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Measuring performance and taking corrective actions are part of the controlling managerial function.
Measuring performance and taking corrective actions are part of the controlling managerial function.
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A whistleblower is someone who reports ethical or illegal activities.
A whistleblower is someone who reports ethical or illegal activities.
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Motion studies are focused on increasing job complexity for workers.
Motion studies are focused on increasing job complexity for workers.
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Core values establish the standards needed to accomplish the mission, while mission statements describe an organizations purpose.
Core values establish the standards needed to accomplish the mission, while mission statements describe an organizations purpose.
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Theory Y assumes people dislike work and need to be controlled, while Theory X assumes people are willing to work and accept responsibility.
Theory Y assumes people dislike work and need to be controlled, while Theory X assumes people are willing to work and accept responsibility.
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Performance effectiveness is an input measure of the resource costs associated with goal accomplishment.
Performance effectiveness is an input measure of the resource costs associated with goal accomplishment.
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An organization is considered a closed system if it interacts with its environment.
An organization is considered a closed system if it interacts with its environment.
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The Hawthorne Effect demonstrates that people tend to perform worse when singled out for special attention.
The Hawthorne Effect demonstrates that people tend to perform worse when singled out for special attention.
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Strategic Management emphasizes short-term employment and minimal employee involvement.
Strategic Management emphasizes short-term employment and minimal employee involvement.
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Contingency thinking suggests that management practices should always be applied uniformly, regardless of the context.
Contingency thinking suggests that management practices should always be applied uniformly, regardless of the context.
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Symbolic leaders use language and symbols to undermine organizational culture.
Symbolic leaders use language and symbols to undermine organizational culture.
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Organizations are closed systems, meaning they do not interact with their environment.
Organizations are closed systems, meaning they do not interact with their environment.
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Performance effectiveness measures the resource costs associated with goal accomplishment.
Performance effectiveness measures the resource costs associated with goal accomplishment.
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Frederick Taylor's scientific management principles focused on maximizing prosperity for both the employer and the employee.
Frederick Taylor's scientific management principles focused on maximizing prosperity for both the employer and the employee.
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Motion studies involve expanding jobs to include more complex tasks.
Motion studies involve expanding jobs to include more complex tasks.
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Henry Fayol's unity of command principle states that each person should receive orders from multiple bosses.
Henry Fayol's unity of command principle states that each person should receive orders from multiple bosses.
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The scalar chain principle requires clear communication to flow from the bottom to the top of an organization.
The scalar chain principle requires clear communication to flow from the bottom to the top of an organization.
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Max Weber believed that bureaucracy is the same as nepotism.
Max Weber believed that bureaucracy is the same as nepotism.
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The Hawthorne studies discovered the importance of the group atmosphere and participative supervision in boosting performance.
The Hawthorne studies discovered the importance of the group atmosphere and participative supervision in boosting performance.
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Maslow's Progression Principle states that higher-level needs must be satisfied before moving to the next lower level.
Maslow's Progression Principle states that higher-level needs must be satisfied before moving to the next lower level.
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Theory X managers assume that people are willing to work, accept responsibility, and are self-directed.
Theory X managers assume that people are willing to work, accept responsibility, and are self-directed.
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Quantitative approaches to management involve using mathematical techniques to analyze and solve management problems.
Quantitative approaches to management involve using mathematical techniques to analyze and solve management problems.
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Total Quality Management (TQM) means focusing on a small subset of operations to achieve peak quality.
Total Quality Management (TQM) means focusing on a small subset of operations to achieve peak quality.
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Learning organizations are characterized by consistent unchanging practices and a resistance to new ideas
Learning organizations are characterized by consistent unchanging practices and a resistance to new ideas
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Theory Z emphasizes short-term employment, quick promotions, and individual decision-making.
Theory Z emphasizes short-term employment, quick promotions, and individual decision-making.
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The Justice View of ethics prioritises the outcomes that produce the greatest good while the the individualistic view prioritize the company's financial success.
The Justice View of ethics prioritises the outcomes that produce the greatest good while the the individualistic view prioritize the company's financial success.
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Study Notes
Modern Workplace Challenges
- Intellectual Capital: Crucial for organizational success, emphasizing human knowledge and skills.
- Globalization: Global flow of resources, information, and products.
- Technology: Internet, computers, and IT transform the workplace, demanding tech-savvy workers.
- Diversity: Increasingly diverse workforces regarding age, gender, religion, and ethnicity.
- Ethics: Organizations expected to operate with high moral standards.
- Careers: Lifetime employment is uncommon; adaptability and current skills are essential.
- Talent: Skilled people are the foundation for organizational success.
Management Types & Functions
- Managers: Individuals responsible for supporting and directing others in organizations.
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Management Levels:
- Top Management: Oversees the entire organization, sets objectives, and monitors the external environment.
- Middle Management: Oversees large departments, interprets top-management direction, and supports lower management.
- Lower-Level Management/Team Leaders: Supervises non-managerial workers, reports to middle managers.
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Management Types:
- Line Managers: Directly responsible for organizational outputs.
- Staff Managers: Provide expertise to support worker efforts.
- Functional Managers: Manage a single area of activity.
- Administrators: Work in public and non-profit organizations.
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Key Managerial Functions:
- Planning: Defining objectives and actions for achievement.
- Organizing: Assigning tasks, allocating resources, and defining responsibilities.
- Leading: Motivating people toward objectives.
- Controlling: Measuring performance, comparing results, and correcting deviations.
Essential Managerial Skills
- Technical Skill: Proficiency in specialized tasks.
- Human Skill: Effectiveness in working with others.
- Conceptual Skill: Critical thinking and problem-solving ability.
- Other Skills: Communication, teamwork, self-management, leadership, critical thinking, and professionalism.
Organizations & Performance
- Organization: A collection of people working together for a common purpose, providing valuable goods or services.
- Open Systems: Organizations interact with their environment, transforming inputs into outputs.
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Organizational Performance:
- Productivity: Output quantity and quality in relation to input.
- Effectiveness: Task or goal accomplishment.
- Efficiency: Resource costs associated with goal accomplishment.
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Workplace Changes:
- Renewed employee trust.
- Shift away from "command and control."
- Emphasis on teamwork and technology.
- Importance of networking.
- New workforce expectations.
- Focus on work-life balance.
- Emphasis on speed.
- Organizational Structure (Analogy): Managers support workers to satisfy customer needs (upside-down pyramid).
Classical Management Approaches
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Scientific Management (Frederick Taylor): Maximize prosperity for employees and employers; focus on training and support for workers.
- Taylor's Principles: Develop a science for each job, select appropriate workers, train workers properly and provide incentives, plan work carefully and support workers.
- Motion Studies: Breaking down jobs into fundamental physical motions.
- Gilbreths (Frank & Lillian): Contributed to motion studies, emphasizing job simplification, standards, and incentive plans.
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Administrative Principles (Henry Fayol): 14 guiding principles for management.
- Principles: Scalar chain, unity of command, unity of direction, division of labor, authority, discipline, subordination of individual interests, remuneration, centralization, order, equity, tenure, initiative, and esprit de corps.
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Bureaucratic Organization (Max Weber): Rational, efficient organization based on logic, order, and authority.
- Key Characteristics: Clear division of labor, hierarchy, rules, impersonal treatment.
- Disadvantages: Excessive paperwork, slowness, rigidity, resistance to change.
Behavioral Approaches to Management
- Mary Parker Follett: Emphasized human cooperation and viewed organizations as communities. Focused on employee ownership and social responsibility.
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Elton Mayo (Hawthorne Studies): Found group dynamics and participative supervision improved performance.
- Hawthorne Effect: People perform better when singled out for attention.
- Argyris' Theory: Positive treatment and responsibility lead to productivity and greater job responsibilities.
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Five levels of needs: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization.
- Deficit Principle: Satisfied needs are not motivators.
- Progression Principle: Lower-level needs must be met before moving to higher levels.
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McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y:
- Theory X: Assumes people dislike work and prefer direction.
- Theory Y: Assumes people are willing to work and accept responsibility.
Modern Management Approaches
- Quantitative Approaches: Mathematical techniques to analyze and solve problems (operations research).
- Organizations as Systems: Interrelated parts working together for a purpose.
- Contingency Thinking: Tailoring management to specific conditions; no one best way.
- Total Quality Management (TQM): Integrate quality into all aspects of operations.
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Learning Organizations: Continuously improving through learning from experience.
- Features: Mental models, personal mastery, systems thinking, shared vision.
- Theory Z: Long-term employment, research, slower promotions, career planning, consensus decision-making, employee involvement.
Ethics
- Ethics: Standards of right and wrong.
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Ethical Views:
- Individualism: Honesty and integrity emphasizing self-interest.
- Justice: Impartial treatment according to legal rules.
- Moral Rights: Respecting fundamental human rights.
- Utilitarianism: Greatest good for the largest number.
- Cultural Relativism: No culture's ethics superior; local standards define right/wrong.
- Ethical Situations: Discrimination, harassment, conflicts of interest, customer confidence, organizational resources.
- Whistleblowers: Report unethical or illegal activities within an organization.
Culture and CSR
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Organizational Culture: Shared assumptions, values, and beliefs shaping behavior.
- Visible/Observable and Core Culture.
- Values in Successful Companies: Performance excellence, innovation, social responsibility, integrity, customer service, worker involvement, teamwork.
- Mission Statements: Organizational purpose.
- Core Values: Standards for achieving the mission.
- Operating Objectives: Specific performance goals derived from the mission.
- Symbolic Leaders: Use language and symbols to reinforce organizational culture.
Glossary of Key Terms
- Definitions for terms listed in the glossary. (Refer to the glossary section, as it is repetitive)
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This quiz explores the essential challenges faced in the modern workplace, including intellectual capital, globalization, and diversity. It also covers various management types and functions within organizations. Test your knowledge on what it takes to succeed in today's dynamic work environment.
