Man 320F Exam 1 Vocabulary

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Omnipotent View of Management:

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The view that managers are directly responsible for an organization’s success or failure.

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Symbolic View of Management

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The view that much of an organization’s success or failure is due to external forces outside managers’ control.

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Organizational Culture

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the shared values, principles, traditions, and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act.

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Strong Cultures

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Organizational cultures in which the key values are intensely held and widely shared.

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Socialization

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the process that helps employees adapt to the organization’s culture.

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Workplace Spirituality

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Workplace Spirituality: A feature of a culture where organizational values promote a sense of purpose through meaningful work that takes place in the context of community.

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External Environment

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External Environment: Factors and forces outside an organization that affect the organization’s performance.

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Specific Environment

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Specific Environment: External forces that have a direct impact on managers’ decisions and actions and are directly relevant to the achievement of an organization’s goals.

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General Environment

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General Environment: Broad external conditions that may affect an organization.

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Environmental Uncertainty

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Environmental Uncertainty: The degree of change and complexity in an organization’s environment.

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Environmental complexity

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The number of components in an organization’s environment and the extent of the organization’s knowledge about those components.

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Stakeholders

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Any constituencies in an organization’s environment that are affected by the organization’s decisions and actions.