Centralization
The practice of decision making power and control within top management levels of an organization.
What is Centralization?
The process of determining the structure and authority relationships for an organization to implement strategies and plans.
What is organizational design?
The year the Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional
What is 1954?
The special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in the past
What is Affirmative Action?
Proposes that effective leadership behavior varies from situation to situation
What is situational leadership?
The opposite of centralization
What is decentralization?
A type of information system that efficiently sends information upwards in an organization.
What is a vertical information system?
Programs to reduce biases and develop skills to manage a diversified workforce
What is Diversity Training?
To move beyond correcting past wrongs requires a change in ___________
What is Organizational Culture
Source of power that has the right, or the authority, to tell others what to do
Includes inflexibility, slow decision making, low morale, resistance to change, vulnerable to other points failure
What are disadvantages of centralization?
A type of organization that breaks activities into separate, specialized tasks and is best suited for a stable environment.
What is a mechanistic organization?
Percentage of women in the workforce
What is 46.8% or 47%?
Affirmative action and diversity are ___________, not the same
What is complimentary
Includes drive, motivation, integrity, self-confidence, knowledge of business, and adaptability
What are the traits of great leaders?
Includes cost saving, improve work quality, efficiency, and accountability
What are the common advantages of centralization?
A type of information system that ensures information reaches those who make decisions across different parts of an organization.
What is a lateral information system?
Groups that are illegal to discriminate against (Name 9 out of 10)
What are Gender, Race, Age, Disability, Ethnicity, Nationality, Sexual Orientation, Religion, Income, Education?
One in which diversity is seen as contributing ____ to the attainment of organizational goals.
What is directly
Includes Task performance, Group Maintenance, Decision Style
What is behavioral leadership?
Highest ranked individuals who typically makes most of the important decisions. (Hint: 2 answers)
What are Senior executives and Upper Management?
Organizing in a way that allows the organization to best respond to these challenges is the key to effective organizational structure.
What are external challenges?
Includes unconscious bias in hiring, difficulty in finding candidates from diverse backgrounds, and ensuring that everyone feels equally supported and included in the workplace culture.
What are challenges of diversity and inclusion?
Since the intent is not to prefer members of these groups, but instead to correct the history of ______
What is Discriminatory Practices and Exclusion
Source of power that has personal characteristics which appeal to others