General Management
Money, Time, People, Material
Resources
Without rushing or wasting time style of decision making
Book that started Systems Theory
General Systems Theory
Type of structure where you have 2 bosses
Matrix Structure
Capital of California
Sacramento
Top Managers need this skill most
Conceptual Skills
Procrastinate, lose valuable time and resources
Cons of what decision making style?
Reflective Style
Butterfly Effect is an example of
Chaos Theory
Build taller hierarchy and/or widen span when
Business grows
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2
Basic Managers need this skill the most
Technical Skills
Significant, nonrecurring, non-routine
Nonprogrammed Decision
Other factors that affects organization’s performance
There is no best way to manage
Depends on the situation
Contingency Theory
The degree to which organizations standardize behavior through rules, procedures, formal training, and related mechanisms
Formalization
Vice President of America
Mike Pence
Doing the right things
Effective
Implementation of a new idea
Innovation
Large and Industrialized organizations
Highly routine works
Careful measurement
Specific activities and results
Scientific Management Theory
The number of subordinates a manager can direct efficiently and effectively
Span of Control
2nd President of USA assassinated
James Garfield
Profit, Growth, Societal Concerns, Quality
Examples of
Goals
using a series of confidential questionnaires to refine a solution
Delphi Technique
Hawthorne Studies took place here.
Western Electric Company
Results in a complex network of superior-subordinate reporting relationships.
The structure is very flexible and can respond rapidly to the need for change.
Allows for focus on specific projects, products, or customers.
These are the advantages of....
Matrix Structure
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