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Gainsharing programs |
Designed to share the cost savings from productivity improvements with employees. |
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Scanlon plan |
Similar to gainsharing but the distribution of gains is tilted much more heavily towards employees |
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Stock option plan |
Established to give senior managers the option to buy company stock in the future at a predetermined fixed price |
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Group |
Consists of two or more people who interact regularly to accomplish a common goal |
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Functional group |
A permanent group created by the organization to accomplish a number of organizational purposes with an unspecified time horizon. |
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Informal or Interest group |
Created by its members for purposes that may or may not be relevant to those of the organization. |
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Task group |
A group created by the organization to accomplish a relatively narrow range of purposes within a stated or implied time horizon. |
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Team |
A group of workers that function as a unit, often with little or no supervision to carry out work-related tasks, functions, and activities. |
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Virtual Team |
Team comprised of people from remote work sites who work together online. |
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Norms |
Standards of behavior that the group accepts for and expects of its members. |
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Control |
The regulation of organizational activities in such a way as to facilitate goal attainment. |
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Operations control |
Focuses on the processes the organization uses to transform resources into products or services |
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Financial control |
Concerned with the organizations financial resources. |
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Structural control |
How the elements of the organizations structure are serving their intended purpose |
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Strategic control |
Focuses on how effectively the organizations strategies are succeeding in helping the organization meet its goals |
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Purposes of control |
Adapting to environmental changeLimiting the accumulation of errorCoping with organizational complexity Minimize costs |
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Levels of control |
operational, financial, structural, and strategic |
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Financial control types |
Budget, financial statement, balance sheet, income statement, ratio analysis, audit |
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Steps in control process |
Establish standards measure performancecompare performance against standardsDetermine need for corrective actionMaintain Correct deviation Change standards |
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A force-field analysis identifies |
Factors that facilitate or hinder organization change. |