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19 Cards in this Set
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system of consciously coordinated activities of two or more people
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organization
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each employee should report to a single manager
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unity of command principle
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boxes-anf-lines illustration showing chain of formal authority and division of labor
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organization chart
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the number of people reporting directly to a given manager
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span of control
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provide research, advice, and recommendations to line managers
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staff personnel
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have authority to make organizational decisions
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line managers
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a relativey self sufficient entity
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closed system
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organism that must constantly interact with its environment to survive
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open system
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proactively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge throughout the organization
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learning organization
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any group of people with a stake in the organizations operation or success
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strategic constituency
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systematic identification of all parties likely to be affected by the organization
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stakeholder audit
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decrease in organization's resource base (money, customer's, talent, innovations)c
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organizational decline
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creating an effective organization-environment fit
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contigency approach to organization design
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division of labor and specialization that cause people to think and act differently
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differentiation
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cooperation among specialists to achieve a common goal
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integration
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rigid, command and control bureaucracies
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mechanistic organizations
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fluid and flexible networks of multi-talented people
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organic organizations
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top managers make all key decisions
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centralized decision making
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lower-level managers are empowered to make important decisions
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decentralized decision making
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