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1. The continuation of a course of action even though it is not working
Knowledge Worker
Cross functional team
Groupthink
Escalating Commitment
2. The ability to translate knowledge into action that results in desired performance
Skill
Procedure
Escalating Commitment
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
3. The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager
SoC (Span of Control)
PC
Unfreezing
nAch
4. Desire to establish and maintain good relations with people
BCG Matrix
Lifelong Learning
Outsourcing
nAff
5. Is the process of distributing and entrusting work to other persons.
Delegation
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
NP Decision (Non-Programmed)
Boundaryless Organizations
6. A standing plan that precisely describes what actions are to be taken in specific situations
BCG Matrix
Planned Change
Globalization
Procedure
7. The ability to work well in cooperation with other people.
Human Skill
Groupthink
Workforce Diversity
Productivity
8. Boston Consulting Group - analyzes business opportunities according to market growth rate and market share
Network Structure
BCG Matrix
Innovation
Type A Personality
9. The display of negative - irrational attitudes toward woman or minorities.
Ethics
Prejudice
Planning
Core Competency
10. A collaborative process of collecting data - using it for action planning - and evaluating the results.
Action Research
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
Synergy
Prejudice
11. A special strength that gives an organization a competitive advantage.
Planned Change
Motivation
Middle Manager
Core Competency
12. The worldwide interdependence of resource flows - product markets - and business competition.
Globalization
(Growth through) Diversification
Performance
Satisficing Decision
13. Least Preferred Co-worker Scale
Procedure
Accountability
Job Performance
PC
14. The process of setting objectives and determining what should be done to accomplish them.
Globalization
Type A Personality
Planning
Job Burnout
15. Utilizes people - values - and systems to continously change and improve its performance.
Organizing
nAff
Technical Skill
Learning Organization
16. Guides the performance of the organization as a whole or of one of its major parts.
Virtual Organization
Workforce Diversity
Top Manager
Motivation
17. Motivation Accounts for the level - ___________- and persistence of effort expended at work.
Coaching
Decision
Crisis
Direction
18. A shifting network of strategic alliances that are engaged as needed
Boundaryless Organizations
Hygiene (factor)
Virtual Organization
Coaching
19. Eliminates internal boundaries among internal boundaries among parts and external boundaries with the external enviroment.
PC
Importing
Lifelong Learning
Boundaryless Organizations
20. A work unit or smaller component within a larger organization
(Growth through)Concentration
Budget
Subsystem
Planned Change
21. The total mechanization of a job.
Automation
Direction
P Decision (Programmed)
Modeling
22. The process of assigning tasks - allocating resources - and arranging activities to implement plans.
Organizing
Manager
Job Burnout
Functional Chimney Problem
23. Making managerial decisions based on the situation; Management is not a science.
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
Learning Organization
Business Strategy
Contingency Thinking
24. Uses mathmatical techniques to analyze and solve management problems.
Ethics
Heuristics
Functional Strategy
Management Science
25. Offers complete information on possible action alternatives and their consequences.
Unfreezing
Certain Environment
Law of Effect
Accountability
26. The overall quality of human experiences in the workplace.
Systematic Thinking
Prejudice
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
Corporate Strategy
27. Involves working at home or other places using computer links to the office.
Telecommuting (flexiplace)
Middle Manager
Accountability
Importing
28. Lacking so much information that it is difficult to assign probabilities to the outcomes of alternatives.
Unfreezing
Uncertain Environment
Business Strategy
Virtual Organization
29. Oversees the work of large departments or divisions.
Learning Organization
Middle Manager
Corporate Strategy
Prejudice
30. Local products are sold abroad
Globalization
Type A Personality
Workforce Diversity
Exporting
31. Sets standards as to what is good or bad or right or wrong in ones conduct.
Technical Skill
Ethnocentrism
Ethics
Network Structure
32. Behaviour followed by pleasant consequences is like to be repeated; behaviour followed by unpleasant work conditions is not.
Law of Effect
Information System
Problem Solving
Job Enrichment
33. The phase during which a situation is prepared for change.
Unfreezing
Problem Solving
Importing
Procedure
34. Assigns early career employees as proteges to more senior ones
Refreezing
Mentoring
(Growth through) Diversification
Retrenchment Strategy
35. Physical and Mental exhaustion that can be incapacitating personally and in respect to work.
Synergy
(Growth through) Vertical Integration
Job Burnout
Motivation
36. Continuous learning from daily experiences and opportunities
Management Science
Lifelong Learning
BCG Matrix
Need
37. Approaches problems in a flexible and spontaneous fashion.
Team Structure
Productivity
Procedure
Intuitive Thinking
38. An invisible barrier limiting the advancement of woman and minorities
Certain Environment
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
Organizing
Lifelong Learning
39. Expectancy x Instrumentality x Valence
Motivation
Importing
Conceptual Skill
QWL (Quality of Worklife)
40. A shared set of beliefs - values - and patterns of behavior common to a group of people
Accountability
Culture
Groupthink
nPower
41. Found in job context - such as working conditions - interpersonal relations - organizational policies - and salary.
Planned Change
Boundaryless Organizations
Hygiene (factor)
Direction
42. The process of measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results
Direction
Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats
Controlling
Information System
43. Sets long-term direction for the total enterprise.
Satisficing Decision
Corporate Strategy
Systematic Thinking
Mentoring
44. Choosing the first satisfactory alternative that comes to attention
Groupthink
Satisficing Decision
Mentoring
Type A Personality
45. Comes from operating in successful ways that are difficult to imitate.
Competitive Advantage
Automation
Management Science
Type A Personality
46. The ability to think analytically and solve complex problems to the benefit of everyone involved.
Competitive Advantage
Importing
Workforce Diversity
Conceptual Skill
47. When a business function is contracted to an outside supplier
Performance efficiency
Outsourcing
(Growth through) Diversification
Business Strategy
48. Responds to events as or after they occur.
Performance effectiveness
BCG Matrix
Reactive Change
Ethics
49. A plan that commits resources to projects or activities
Budget
Refreezing
Network Structure
GCE (Glass Ceiling Effect)
50. The process of acquiring products abroad and selling them in domestic markets
Unfreezing
Importing
P Decision (Programmed)
Cross functional team
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