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Gainsharing programs

Designed to share the cost savings from productivity improvements with employees.

Scanlon plan

Similar to gainsharing but the distribution of gains is tilted much more heavily towards employees

Stock option plan

Established to give senior managers the option to buy company stock in the future at a predetermined fixed price

Group

Consists of two or more people who interact regularly to accomplish a common goal

Functional group

A permanent group created by the organization to accomplish a number of organizational purposes with an unspecified time horizon.

Informal or Interest group

Created by its members for purposes that may or may not be relevant to those of the organization.

Task group

A group created by the organization to accomplish a relatively narrow range of purposes within a stated or implied time horizon.

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.

Virtual Team

Team comprised of people from remote work sites who work together online.

Norms

Standards of behavior that the group accepts for and expects of its members.

Control

The regulation of organizational activities in such a way as to facilitate goal attainment.

Operations control

Focuses on the processes the organization uses to transform resources into products or services

Financial control

Concerned with the organizations financial resources.

Structural control

How the elements of the organizations structure are serving their intended purpose

Strategic control

Focuses on how effectively the organizations strategies are succeeding in helping the organization meet its goals

Purposes of control

Adapting to environmental changeLimiting the accumulation of errorCoping with organizational complexity Minimize costs

Levels of control

operational, financial, structural, and strategic

Financial control types

Budget, financial statement, balance sheet, income statement, ratio analysis, audit

Steps in control process

Establish standards measure performancecompare performance against standardsDetermine need for corrective actionMaintain Correct deviation Change standards

A force-field analysis identifies

Factors that facilitate or hinder organization change.