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| A group of people working together in a structured and coordinated fashion to achieve a set of goals |
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| A set of activities (including planning and decision making, organizing, leading, and controlling) directed at an organization's resources (human, financial, physical, and information), with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and effective manner |
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| Someone whose primary responsibility is to carry out the management process |
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| Using resources wisely in a cost-effective way |
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| Making the right decisions and successfully implementing them |
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| Setting an organization's goals and deciding how best to achieve them |
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| Part of the planning process that involves selecting a course of action from a set of alternatives |
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| Determining how activities and resources are to be grouped |
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| The set of processes used to get members of the organization to work together to further the interests of the organization |
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| Monitoring organizational progress toward goal attainment |
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| The skills necessary to accomplish or understand the specific kind of work done in an organization |
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| The ability to communicate with, understand, and motivate both individuals and groups |
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| The manager's ability to think in the abstract |
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| The manager's ability to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation |
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| The manager's abilities both to effectively convey ideas and information to others and to effectively receive ideas and information from others |
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| The manager's ability to correctly recognize and define problems and opportunities and then to select and appropriate course of action to solve problems and capitalize on opportunities |
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| The manager's ability to prioritize work, to work efficiently, and to delegate appropriately |
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| A conceptual framework for organizing knowledge and providing a blueprint for action |
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