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20 Cards in this Set
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Manager
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An individual who achieves goals through other people.
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Organization
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A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals.
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Planning
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A process that includes defining goals, establishing strategy, and developing plans to coordinate activities
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Organizing
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Determining what tasks are to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made.
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Leading
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A funciton that includes motivating employees, directing others, selecting the most effective communication channels, and resolving conflicts.
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Controlling
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Monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations.
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Technical skills
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The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise.
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Human skills
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The ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups.
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Conceptual skills
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Them mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations.
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Organizational behavior (OB)
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A field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization's effectiveness.
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Systematic Study
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Looking at relationships, attempting to attribute causes and effects, and drawing conclusions based on scientific evidence.
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Evidence-based management
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The basing of managerial decisions on the best available scientific evidence.
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Intuition
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A gut feeling not necessarily supported by research.
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Psychology
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The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.
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Social psychology
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An area of psychology that blends concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence of people on one another.
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Sociology
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The study of people in relation to their social environment or culture.
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Anthropology
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The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.
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Contingency variables
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Situational factors; variables that moderate the relationship between two or more variables.
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Workforce diversity
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The concept that organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and inclusion of other diverse groups.
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Positive Organizational Scholarship
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An area of OB research that concerns how organizations develop human strength, foster vitality and resilience, and unlock potential.
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