Badm 1020: Chapter 8

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Organization

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A group of 2 or more people working together to achieve a common set of goals

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2 or more people working together

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Organization Chart

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A diagram that represents the positions and relationships within an organization

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Diagram

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Chain of Command

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The line of authority that extends from the highest to the lowest levels of an organization

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The line of authority that extends from the highest to the lowest

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Job Specialization

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The seperation of all organizational activities into distinct tasks and the assignment of different tasks to different people

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The seperation of all organizational activities into distinct tasks

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Departmentalization

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The process of grouping jobs into manageable units

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The process of grouping jobs

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Deparmentalization by Function

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Grouping jobs that relate to the same organizational activity

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Grouping jobs

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Deparmentalization by Product

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Grouping activites related to a particular product or service

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Grouping activites related to a particular

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Departmentalization by Location

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Grouping activities according to the defined geographic area in which they are performed

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Grouping activities according to the defined geographic area

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Departmentalization by Customer

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Grouping activites according to the needs of various customer populations

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Grouping activites according to the needs

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Delegation

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Assigning a part of a manager's work and power to other workers

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Assigning a part of a manager's work and power

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Responsibility

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The duty to do a job or perform a task

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do a job or perform a task

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Authority

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The power, within the organization to accomplish an assigned job or task

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accomplish an assigned job or task

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Accountability

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The obligation of a worker to accomplish an assigned job or task

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The obligation of a worker

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Decentralize Organization

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An organization in which management consciously attempts to spread authority widely in the lower lecels of the organization.

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An organization in which management consciously attempts

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Centralized Organization

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An organization that systematically works to concentrate authority at the upper levels of the organization

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An organization that systematically works to concentrate authority

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Span of Management (or control)

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The number of workers who report directly to one manager

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One manager

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Organizational Height

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The number of layers, or levels of management in a firm

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Layers or levels

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Line Management

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A position that is part of the chain of command and that includes direct responsibility for acheiving the goals of the organization

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A position that is part of the chain of command

acheiving the goals

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Staff Management Position

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A position created to provide support, advice and expertise within an organiztion

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A position created to provide support, advice and expertise

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Bureaucratic Structure

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A management system based on a formal framework of authority that is carefully outlined and precisley followed

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A management system based on a formal framework of authority

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Matrix Structure

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An organizational structure that combines vertical and horizontal lines of authority, usually by superimposing product deparmentalized organization

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An organizational structure that combines vertical and horizontal lines of authority

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Cross-Functional Team

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A group of employees from different departments who work together on a specific project

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A group of employees from different departments who work together

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Cluster Structure

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An organization in which administration is the primary function and most other functions are contracted out to other firms

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An organization in which administration is the primary function

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Network Structure

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An organization in which administration is the primary function and most other functions are contracted out to other firms.

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most other functions are contracted out to other firms.

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Corporate Culture

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The inner rites, rituals, heroes and values of a firm

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The inner rites, rituals

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Intraprenuer

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An employee who pushes an innovative idea, product or process through the organization

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An employee who pushes an innovative idea

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Ad-Hoc Committee

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A committee created for a specific short-term purpose

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A committee created for a specific short-term

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Standing Committee

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A relatively permanent committee charged with performing some recurring task

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A relatively permanent committee

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Task Force

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A committee established to investigate a major problem or pending decision

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investigate a major problem or pending decision

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Managerial Hierarchy

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The arrangement that provides increasing authority at higher levels of management

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The arrangement that provides increasing authority

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Informal Organization

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The pattern of behavior that stems from personal rather than official relationships.

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The pattern of behavior that stems from...relationships.

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Informal Group

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A group created by the members themselves to accomplish goals that may or may not be relevant to the organization

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accomplish goals that may or may not be relevant to the organization

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Grapevine

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The infomal communications network within an organization

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Informal communications network

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Job Rotation

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The systematic shifting of employees from one job to another

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Systematic shifting