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Political Management Theories
Systems and Contingency Theories of Management
Nature and Sources of Change in Business
Change and Social Responsibility
100
unwritten rules of work life and pursuit of self-interest through informal methods of gaining power or advantage
What is organisational politics?
100
views organisations as an integrated process where all the individual parts contribute to the whole
What is systems management approach?
100
growing trend of companies shedding all but the core activities
What is outsourcing?
100
providing childcare facilities at work
What is an example of changes in quality of working life?
200
delegated through formal position e.g. CEO
What is legitimate power?
200
inputs, output, transformational processes and feedback
What is components of systems approach?
200
location in Asia-Pacific region, population shifts, increase in refugees/migrants
What is geographic influence?
200
providing training and development opportunities to assist employees with email and internet
What is e-commerce?
300
often required to settle personal agendas, obstructing overall goals and differences in attitudes, ideas and opinions
What is negotiating and bargaining?
300
need for flexibility and adaption of management practices and ideas to suit changing circumstances
What is contingency theory?
300
McDonalds introduction of salads plus menu and deli choices
What is social influence?
300
positive society attitudes towards business
What is a benefit to a business of being ecologically sustainable?
400
organisations that aim to protect and promote interests of employees within a business
What is a trade union?
400
openness to information, teamwork across functions and integrated systems
What is characteristics of systems approach?
400
legislation about lead content in petrol saw BP upgrade refineries to produce lead-free product
What is a response to political influence?
400
new markets may be more easily penetrated
What is a benefit of fostering cultural diversity?
500
formal organisation, combined with various coalitions, and the informal interactions between coalition groups
What is a general business structure?
500
scanning systems that record prices at cash register, minimises price errors and saves time
What is an example of new systems and procedures?
500
reduction in face-to-face and working from home leading to feelings of isolation
What is negative effects of changes in technology?