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AgBusM Ch 14 Terms
Chapter 14 Terms of fundamentals of management 6th edition by Griffin
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Undergraduate 2
12/09/2012

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control
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the regulation of organizational activities in such a way as to facilitate goal attainment
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operations control
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focuses on the processes the organization uses to transform resources into products or services
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financial control
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concerned with the organization's financial resources
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structural control
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concerned with how the elements of the organization's structure are serving their intended purpose
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strategic control
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focuses on how effectively the organization's strategies are succeeding in helping the organization meet its goals
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controller
Definition
a position in organizations that helps line managers with their control activities
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control standard
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a target against which subsequent performance will be compared
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operations control
Definition
focuses on the processes the organization uses to transform resources into products or services
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preliminary control
Definition
attempts to monitor the quality or quantity of financial, physical, human, and information resources before they actually become part of the system
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screening control
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relies heavily on feedback processes during the transformation process
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postaction control
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monitors the ouputs or result of the organization after the transformation process is complete
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financial control
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concerned with the organization's fianancial resources
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budget
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a plan expressed in numerical terms
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financial statement
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a profile of some aspect of an organization's financial circumstances
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balance sheet
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list of assets and liabilities of an organization at a specific point in time
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income statement
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a summary of financial performance over a period of time
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ratio analysis
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the calculation of one or more financial ratios to assess some aspect of the organization's financial health
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audit
Definition
an independent appraisal of an organization' accounting, financial, and operational systems
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bureaucratic control
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form of organizational control characterized by formal and mechanistic structural arrangements
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decentralized control
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an approach to organizational control based on informal and organic structural arrangements
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strategic control
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control aimed at ensuring that the organization is maintaining an effective alignment with is environment and moving toward achieving its strategic goals
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