Class 11
What is decentralization?
A high degree of decision-making throughout the organization/department on their own
What is affirmative action?
Special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past.
It is ______ to ask questions about the 10 discriminated groups during an interview.
Illegal
What are the five sources of power?
1. Legotomate Power
2. Reward Power
3. Coercive Power
4. Referent Power
5. Expert Power
List one of the four advantages of decentralization.
1. Freeing management for strategic activities
2. Developing lower-level manages
3. Efficiently gathering information/approvals
4. Fostering an "achievement-oriented organization"
Name five of the ten groups considered in the diverse workforce.
1. Gender 2. Age
3. Race 4. Ethnicity
5. Nationality 6. Religion
7. Disability 8. Sexual Orientation
9. Education 10. Income
Who should create the employee appraisals?
Managers and supervisors
When leaders have legitimate power, what do they have the right to do?
They have the right/authority to tell others what to do.
The information system has three different terms: vertical, lateral, and matrix. Identify how the vertical system works.
Vertical - information flows up the organization
List all four challenges of diversity and inclusion.
1. Unexamined assumptions
2. Diversity
3. Communication
4. Sterotyping
In the employee appraisals, what is the step before "scheduling follow-ups"?
Document the meeting
True or false: The leader who has expert power has certain expertise or knowledge.
True
The information system has three different terms: vertical, lateral, and matrix. Identify how the lateral system works.
Lateral - information flows from department to department
True or false: Affirmative action intends to prefer members and correct the history of discriminatory practices.
False
The intent is not to prefer members of these groups but to correct the history of discriminatory practices and exclusion.
What is the difference between a structured interview and an unstructured interview?
Structured interviews - asks the same questions to each candidate
Unstructured interviews - asks different questions for different candidates
If a leader with legitimate power gives an employee a task, what should the employee do?
The employees are obligated to comply with legitimate orders.
The information system has three different terms: vertical, lateral, and matrix. Identify how the matrix system works.
Matrix - cuts across functional and product lines (has two bosses)
Affirmative action and diversity are ________, not the same.
Complimentary
What are the two basic purposes for performance appraisal?
1. Serves as a development plan
2. Provides important information to managers in order to make decisions about their employees
Why do people comply with expert power leaders?
They believe in, can learn from, or can otherwise gain from the expertise.