Management
What is the logical process of coordinating resources to accomplish an organization's goal?
Management
What is the ability to communicate, interact, and build relationships?
Interpersonal skills
What is the management function that monitors the work effort?
Who are the people who work to produce goods or services?
Human resources
The process of accessing, processing, maintaining, evaluating, and disseminating knowledge, facts, or data for the purpose of assisting business decision-making is the definition of what?
Information management
Who are supervisors who work directly with the employees who carry out the business's routine work?
First-line management
What is the ability to understand the specialized aspects of jobs?
Technical skills
What is the management function that involves setting up the way the business's work will be done?
Organizing
What is the human resource activity that involves recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, and dealing with job changes for a company's employees?
Staffing
Converting facts and figures into useful information is the definition for?
Data processing
Describe the role of top level management
They set long term goals and are responsible for the operation of the company or business unit
Tactical planning
The process of setting realistic goals for a business, both long term and short term, and deciding how best to achieve them is the definition of what?
Planning
What are the steps that an individual takes to enhance or improve skills or traits that are needed to excel in her/his career/profession called?
Professional development
What is the undisclosed information within a particular business or industry called?
Trade secret
Who are mid-level or middle managers?
Managers who report to top level management and who have supervisors who report to them. They put plans of upper managers into action.
What is conceptual skills?
The ability to see the "big picture" and think about how things will work together.
What is directing?
The management function of providing guidance to workers and work projects.
Involves fulfilling the requirements of the law
Compliance
An integrated technology that assists with an organization's information management needs is the definition of what?
Management Information System (MIS)
Which manager spends a lot of time doing tactical planning?
Middle managers
What is strategic planning?
Long-range planning (three to five years) for the company as a whole
What are the five main functions of management?
Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
What are benefits?
Advantages or payments employees receive in addition to their wages (eg sick time, holiday pay, health insurance)
Private information that belongs to an organization and cannot be released to the public is .....?
Proprietary information