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What is the primary focus of the Scanlon Plan?
What is the primary focus of the Scanlon Plan?
What is the main purpose of the control process?
What is the main purpose of the control process?
What is the primary role of entrepreneurship in the control and change process?
What is the primary role of entrepreneurship in the control and change process?
What is the main advantage of output controls?
What is the main advantage of output controls?
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What is the primary characteristic of an effective control system?
What is the primary characteristic of an effective control system?
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What is the main challenge in managing organizational change?
What is the main challenge in managing organizational change?
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What is the primary role of clan control in an organization?
What is the primary role of clan control in an organization?
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What is the main benefit of profit sharing in an organization?
What is the main benefit of profit sharing in an organization?
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Who are the individuals responsible for mobilizing resources to produce new and improved goods and services?
Who are the individuals responsible for mobilizing resources to produce new and improved goods and services?
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What is entrepreneurship?
What is entrepreneurship?
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Why is it important for managers to involve subordinates in the control process?
Why is it important for managers to involve subordinates in the control process?
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What is an intrapreneur?
What is an intrapreneur?
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What is the main goal of an effective control system?
What is the main goal of an effective control system?
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What is the primary role of an entrepreneur?
What is the primary role of an entrepreneur?
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What is an important aspect of managing organizational change?
What is an important aspect of managing organizational change?
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What is the main focus of the control process?
What is the main focus of the control process?
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What is an adaptive culture characterized by?
What is an adaptive culture characterized by?
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What is the outcome of an organization with an inert culture?
What is the outcome of an organization with an inert culture?
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What is the primary goal of organizational change?
What is the primary goal of organizational change?
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What is characteristic of a top-down change approach?
What is characteristic of a top-down change approach?
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What is the primary characteristic of a bottom-up change approach?
What is the primary characteristic of a bottom-up change approach?
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What is the purpose of benchmarking in organizational change?
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What is a key characteristic of an effective control system?
What is a key characteristic of an effective control system?
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Study Notes
Organizational Culture
- Adaptive Culture: helps an organization build momentum and grow to achieve its goals and be effective.
- Inert Culture: leads to stagnation and often failure over time, failing to motivate or inspire employees.
Organizational Change
- Definition: movement of an organization away from its present state and toward a desired future state to increase its efficiency and effectiveness.
- Top-Down Change: a fast, revolutionary approach to change in which top managers identify what needs to be changed, decide what to do, and then move quickly to implement changes.
- Bottom-Up Change: a gradual or evolutionary approach to change in which managers at all levels work together to develop a detailed plan for change.
- Benchmarking: process of comparing one company's performance on specific dimensions with the performance of other high-performing organizations.
Organizational Control
- Definition: process where managers monitor and regulate how efficiently and effectively an organization and its members are performing the activities necessary to achieve organizational goals.
- Control Process: involves four steps, which operate over time.
Entrepreneurship
- Definition: mobilization of resources to take advantage of an opportunity to provide customers with new or improved goods and services.
- Entrepreneurs: people who notice opportunities and take responsibility for mobilizing the resources necessary to produce new and improved goods and services.
- Intrapreneurs: employees of existing organizations who notice opportunities for product or service improvements and are responsible for managing the development process.
Control and Change
- Relationship between organizational control and change: managing change is a vital management task.
- Role of entrepreneurship in the control and change process: entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs play a crucial role in driving change and innovation in an organization.
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Learn about the two types of organizational culture: Adaptive Culture and Inert Culture. Understand how they affect an organization's growth and success.
