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Management
Undergraduate 3
12/04/2013

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Term
Definition: a person who's influence on others is based on the appointed managerial authority of their position.
Definition
manager
Term
Definition: person with personal power who can influence others beyond that associated with their formal authority alone
Definition
leader
Term

Ligitimate Power is:

a) what type of power (person or position)

b) what is it?

Definition

a) position

b) results from managers formal positions

Term

Reward Power:

a) what type

b) what is it

Definition

a) position

b) results from managers authority to reward subordinates

Term

Coercive Power:

a)type

b)what it is

 

Definition

a)position

b) managers authority to punish

Term

Expert Power:

a)type

b) what is it

Definition

a) person

b) power resulting from one's specialized information or expertise

 

Term

Referent Power:

a)type

b) what it is 

Definition

a) person

b)  power deriving from ones personal attraction

Term
What are the ABC's of becoming an effective leader?
Definition

Attitude

Behavior

Character

Term
Humility
Definition
placing others before yourself
Term
work ethic is to work for the salary you....
Definition
want to be paid, not for the salary you are being paid
Term
What are the two keys to Behavioral key to success?
Definition

Task- deliver results

people- remember names

Term
Definition: doing the right thig when no one is looking
Definition
Integrity
Term
What are the 5 lecture barriers to communication?
Definition

intentional filtering

perceptual filtering

selective perception

information overload

language

Term
what are the 3 textbook barriers to communication?
Definition

physical

semantic- meaning of words

personal

Term
What are three things that make and effective presentation (encoding)
Definition

1) know the audience

2) focus on content

3) conclusions first, then data

Term
List the steps to the communication process.
Definition

1) sender: encodes, selects medium

2) message transmitted through medium

3) Receiver: decodes, determines if feedback is necessary

4) feedback

Term
What can non-verbal communitcation do?(4)
Definition

confirm

contradict

substitute

provide emphasis

Term

What are the 4 management functions?

 

Definition

Planning

organizing

leading

controlling

Term
An effective_____system leads to attainment of organizational goals.
Definition
control
Term
What are examples of feedforward control and feedback control at the Honda plant?
Definition

feed forward: wearing gloves to prevent scratching from rings, ect.

 

feedback control: sorting through defective parts

Term
What is the feedback control at federal mogul?
Definition
productivity target- every hour you record how many pieces of whatever you make and post on board
Term
This reports profit or loss for a period of time shown.
Definition
Income Statement
Term
What is another name for income statement?
Definition
profit & loss statement
Term
How do you find revenue?
Definition
Profit x Quantity
Term
This reports assets, liabilities, and owner's equity at specific point in time
Definition
Balance Sheet
Term
what is another name for a balance sheet?
Definition
statement of financial position
Term
How do you calculate assets?
Definition
liabilities + owner's equity
Term
What compares organizations to diff sizes?
Definition
Financial ratios
Term
reviewing both of these and monitoring changes over time can provide understanding of financial health.
Definition
Income statement and balance sheet
Term
These are useful indicators of a firms performance and financial situation
Definition
financial ratios
Term
These are used to analyze trends and to compare firm's financials to those of other firms
Definition
financial ratios
Term
What are the 4 types of financial ratios?
Definition

liquidity

asset turnover

financial leverage

profitability

Term
what are the three types of liquidity ratios?
Definition

current 

quick

cash

Term
For this type of liquidity ratio, creditors prefer high ratio and share holders prefer lower ratio.
Definition
current
Term
why do short term creditors prefer high current ratios
Definition
reduces their risk
Term
why do shareholders prefer lower current ratios?
Definition
so more of firm's assets are working to grow business
Term
cyclical industries maintain higher/lower current ratios in order to remain solvent during downtime.
Definition
higher
Term
what is the drawback to current ratios?
Definition
they include inventory and some items are difficult to liquidate quickly
Term
What assets are included in quick ratios? (3)
Definition

cash

accounts receivable

notes receivable

Term
What is another name for quick ratios?
Definition
acid test
Term
What is the most conservative type of liquidity ratio?
Definition
cash
Term
This type of liquidity ratio is an indication of firms abilityto pay off its current liabilities if immediate payment were demanded
Definition
Cash
Term
What are the two most common types of liquidity ratios?
Definition
current and quick
Term
This type of financial ratio indicates how efficiently the firm utilizes assets.
Definition
Asset Turnover
Term
Effieciency ratios, utilization ratios, and asset management ratios are all names for this type of financial ratio.
Definition
asset turnover
Term
These are the four types of asset turnover ratios
Definition

receivables turnover

invetory turnover

asset turnover

total asset turnover

Term
This type of asset turnover ratio is an indication of how quickly the firm collects its accounts receivables.
Definition
Receivables turnover
Term
Receivables turnover ratios are measured in what?
Definition
days
Term
When receivables turnover is measured in days this is called.
Definition
collection period
Term
this type of asset turnover ratio is reported as inventory period.
Definition
inventory turnover
Term
This is the # of days worth of inventory on hand
Definition
inventory period
Term
This type of financial ratio is an indication of long term solvency of firm.
Definition
Financial leverage ratios
Term
The three types of financial leverage ratios are...
Definition

debt ratio

debt to equity ratio

times interest earned ratio

Term

This type of financial leverage ratio indicates how well firms earnings can cover interest payments on debt.

a)debt

b)debt to equity

c) times iterest earned 

Definition
times interest earned ratio
Term
Interest coverage is another name for what financial leverage ratio?
Definition
times interest earned ratio
Term
this type of financial ratio offers several different measurements of success of the firm at generating profits.
Definition
profitability
Term
What are the 3 types of profitability ratios?
Definition

gross profit margin

return on assets

return on equity

Term
This type of profitability ratio is the measure of gross profit earned on sales.
Definition
gross profit margin
Term
True or false: gross profit margin considers firm costs of goods sold as well as other costs.
Definition
false
Term

This type of profitability ratio is the measure of how effectively the firm's assets are being used to generate profits

 

Definition
return on assets
Term
this type of profitability ratio is the bottom line measure for shareholders measuring the profits earned for each dollar invested in the firms stock.
Definition
return on equity
Term
What are the 8 keys to your managerial success?
Definition

1) find your passion and follow it

2) encourage self-discovery and be realistic

3) every situation is different, so be flexible

4) finetune people skills

5) learn how to develope leadership skills

6) treat people as if they matter because they do

7) draw employees and peers into your management process

8) be flexible, keep your cool, and take yourself lightly

Term
what are the 3 key measures of success?
Definition

Safety

Quality

Productivity

Term
What organization is incontrol of the safety key measure of success?
Definition
OSHA - occupational safety & health administration
Term
What does "quality" mean?
Definition
defect free & satisfies customer needs
Term
What is an example of quality management systems?
Definition
ISO900
Term
JIT production does what to productivity?
Definition
increases
Term
What company did we watch manufacture seats?
Definition
Henry ford
Term
How much did Ford lose for every minute the line was down?
Definition
$7,000
Term
What are 3 parts to "lean philosophy"?
Definition

employee involvement

continuous improvement

waste elimination

Term
Definition: two or more freely interacting individuals who share collective norms, share collective goals, and have a common identity.
Definition
group
Term
Definition: small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hod themselves mutually.
Definition
Team
Term
formal/informal: group created to do productive work and headed by leader
Definition
formal
Term
what are the 4 types of teams?
Definition

Advice

Production

Project

Action

Term
This type of team is created to broaden info base for managerial decisions.
Definition
Advice
Term
Committees, review panels, advisory councils, employee involvement groups, and continuous improvement teams are examples of this type of team.
Definition
advice
Term
This type of team is for day-to-day operations.
Definition
Production
Term
Flight attendant, mining crews, assembly teams, data processing teams, and manufacturing crews are all examples of this type of team.
Definition
Production
Term
This type of team is to help with creative problem solving.
Definition
Project
Term
Cross functional teams, task forces, research groups, and planning teams are all examples of this type of team.
Definition
project
Term
Definition: team staffed with different specialists to accomplish a common goal
Definition
cross-functional team
Term
This type of team requires people with specialized training and a high degree of coordination.
Definition
Action
Term
SWAT, cockpit crews, surgeon teams, and mountan climb expeditions are all types of this team.
Definition
Action
Term
What are the 5 stages of team development?
Definition

forming

storming

norming

performing

adjourning

Term
What are the 2 natures of conflict?
Definition

dysfunctional

functional

Term
This nature of conflict hinders organizations performance or threatens interests
Definition
dysfunctional
Term
Definition: role-playing criticism to test whether a proposable is workable
Definition
devil's advocacy
Term
Definition: debate to see if proposal is workable
Definition
dialectic method
Term

Managers cope with______

Leaders cope with______

a)change or complexity

Definition

complexity

change

Term
this type of leadership focuses on clarifying employee's roles and task requirement and providig rewards/punishment
Definition
transactional
Term
This type of leadership transforms emplyees to pursue organizations goals over self interest
Definition
Transformational
Term
Rich vs lean medium
Definition
rich: non-routine and avoid oversimplifying

lean: routine and avoid overloading
Term
6 reasons control is needed
Definition
1) adapt to change and uncertainty
2)discover irregularities and errors
3) reduce costs, increase productivity or add value
4)detect opportunities
5)deal with complexity
6) decentralize decision making and facilitate teamwork
Term
Control Process
Definition
1) Establish standards
2) measure performance
3) compare performance to standards
4) take corrective action if needed
Term
Levels of control from top to bottom.
Definition
Strategic
Tactical
operational
Term
This type of control is an approach to organizational control and uses rules, regulations, and formal authority
Definition
bureaucratic control
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