Something that brings together all the essential parts of a business such as money, technology, materials, and an economic system.
What is management?
100
Usually performs the task of strategic planning, a process that requires the managers to develop a conceptual approach to the business.
What is top management
100
Theory that suggests that employees will be motivated if they believe their effort will lead to performance, and that performance will lead to a meaningful reward.
What is expectancy theory?
100
Reducing delinquent accounts.
What is considered a weak strategic goal?
100
Type of leadership style that is defined by the way he or she utilizes power.
What is a manager's leadership?
200
Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources make up this type of management.
What are the four basic functions of management?
200
Type of workers with secure jobs and good paychecks are likely to be motivated primarily by the desire to satisfy their physiological needs.
What are American workers?
200
Type of planning that is high-level, long-term planning that establishes a vision for the company, defines long-term objectives and priorities, determines broad action steps, and allocates resources.
What is strategic planning?
200
A visual representation of the company's formal structure.
What is an organization chart?
200
Works with the best depends on the situation and on the characteristics of the follwers.
What is the style of leadership?
300
Sets the overall direction of the firm articulating a vision, establishing priorities, and allocating time, money, and other resources.
What is top management?
300
One factor that contributes to job enrichment.
What is skill variety?
300
Goals that are concrete benchmarks that managers use to measure performance in each key area of the organization.
What are strategic goals?
300
Type of organization that has a clear, simple chain of command from top to bottom.
What is a line organization?
300
Type of leadership that often works well when dealing with experienced, highly professional individuals who take a great deal of pride in their work.
What is free-reign leadership?
400
Acts as the bridge between departments and coordinate people and projects.
What is middle managers?
400
The creation of jobs with more meaningful content, reflecting the belief that workers can be motivated by challenging, creative work.
What is job enrichment?
400
A strategic planning tool that evaluates a company's competitive position in the marketplace.
What is a SWOT analysis?
400
Type of organization that has a flexible structure that brings together specialists from different areas of the company to work on individual projects on a temporary basis.
What is a matrix organization?
400
Type of leadership that may be appropriate when consumers desire consistency in the delivery of the product.
What is autocratic leadership?
500
Often needs a high degree of technical skills in order to hire, train, and evaluate workers.
What is first line managers?
500
Theory that deals with the relationship among individual effort, individual performance, and individual reward.
What is expectancy theory?
500
Defining the organization's mission and evaluating results.
What are the steps involved with setting a strategic agenda?
500
While they still make final decisions this particular type of people typically incorporate input from their followers.
What are democratic leaders?
500
A key step that establishes clear performance standards.