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| Line and staff organization |
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| adds staff specialists to a line organization |
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| a yardstick, or a measure, by which something is judged |
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| the efforts expected from each area of the business if it is to be successful |
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| factors that managers can control to improve the business including operations, finances, personnel, and other resources |
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| the most important purposes of directions for the business |
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| all authority and responsibility can be traced in a direct line from the president down |
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| requires that no employee have more than one supervisor |
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| a visual device which shows the structure of a organization and the relationship among workers and divisions of work |
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| factors that can affect the success of the business such as customers, competitors, the economy and government |
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| guidelines used in making decisions regarding specificc, recurring situations |
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| term used to relate each indvidual's responsible to a superior in the organization for the quality of work performed |
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| the right to make decisions abou work assignments |
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| the obligation to do an assigned task |
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| where all major planning and decision making is done by a group of top managers |
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| a very large business is didvided into smaller poperating units; managers are given almost total responsibility and authority |
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| short term and identifies specific activities for each area of the business |
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| a list of steps to be followed for performing certain work |
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| broad outcomes for the business to achieve |
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| a written description of the business and its operations with an analysis of the opportunities and risks it faces |
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| the number of employee who are dirsctly supervised by one person |
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| work terms that are organized to complete a specific project with project manager |
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| long term and provides broad goals and dirextion for the entire business |
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