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managing org.
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Management
Undergraduate 3
04/13/2008

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Term
Top managers
Definition
Are responsible for the overll direction of the organization and developing employees' commitment to and ownership of the company perfomance.
Term
Management 
Definition
Geting work done through others
Term
Efficiency
Definition
Getting work done with minimum of effort, expense, or wast
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Effectiveness
Definition
Accomplishing tasks that gelp fulfill organizational objectives
Term
Planning
Definition
Determinig org. goals and a means for achieving them 
Setting direction and goals
Deciding on courses of action
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Organizing
Definition

Deciding where decisions will be made, who will do what jobs and tasks, and who will work for them.

 Identifying the tasks that need to be done to accomplish the goals, hiring people to do the tasks and organizing them into departments and work groups

 

 

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Leading
Definition

Inspiring and motivating workers to work hard to achieve organizational goals.

Influencing and motivating people to perform their jobs

 

 

 

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Controlling

 

Definition

  Monitoring progress toward goal achievement and taking corrective action when needed.

  Setting standards for performance and comparing actual performance against the standards

 

  Achieving results
Term
Middle Managers
Definition
responsible for setting objectives cosistent with top managers's goals and for planning and implementing subunit strategies for achieving these objectives
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figurehead role
Definition
he interpersonal role managers play when they perform ceremonial duties.
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leader role
Definition
The interpersonal role managers play when they motivate and encourage workers to accomplish organizational objectives.
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liaison role
Definition
The interpersonal role managers play when they deal with people outside their units.
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