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OB Test 1
Chapters 1,2,3 11, 12
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Management
Not Applicable
10/09/2015

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4 Common Factors of All organizations
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Coordination of effort, common goal, division of labour, heirarchy of authory
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Unity of Command
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an efficiency principle that states each employee should report to one manager
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Span of Control
Definition
Number of people reporting to a given manager
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Departmentation
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The grouping together of jobs to gain greater efficiency * to organize and coordinate flow of work
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Functional Departmentation
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work is seperated using major functional areas
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Product departmentation
Definition
wark that falls within the same product, product line, or service category is grouped together
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Cross functional team Structure
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A wagon wheel structure that has individuals from various departments working together
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Outsourcing
Definition
One department within a company is closed down, and work directed to an outside company
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Beauraucracy
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A tall organizational structure known for its division of labour, hierarchy of authority, formal framework of rules, and administrative impersonality
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Mechanistic Organization
Definition
rigid, closed system of command-and-control bureaucracies that follow formal policies and procedures (e.g. government institutions)
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Organic Organization
Definition
a fluid and flexible open systems network structure that relies less on policies and procedures for problem solving and direction
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Organizational Culture
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Set of shared values, beliefs, and assumptions that underlie a company's identity
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3 Layers of Organizational Culture?
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Observable artifacts, Values, and Basic Assumptions
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Observable artifacts
Definition
physical manifestation of an organizations culture (dress code, myths and stories, decor)
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Values (What are the two types?)
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Espoused values and enacted values
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Espoused values
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the spoken values and norms that are preferred by an organization
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Enacted values
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Represents the values and norms that are actually exhibited
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Basic assumptions
Definition
unconcious, and unobservable assumptions and actions. Represent the core of organic culture. Grow out of values until they become taken for granted.
**Very resistant to Change**
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What are the 4 functions of organizational culture?
Definition
Organizational Identity, Collective commitment, Social system stability, sense making device
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Mission Statement
Definition
a statement that summarizes the essence or reason why an organization exists (connected to culture)
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Vision Statement
Definition
long-term goal describing what an organization wants to become
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Competing Values Framework
Definition
A model for identifying, classifying, and categorizing organizational cultures based on effectiveness
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Clan Culture
Definition
Culture with an internal focus and values flexibility. employee focused
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Adhocracy Culture
Definition
External focus and values flexibility, fosters creation of innovative products. Adaptive and creative.
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Market Culture
Definition
Strong external focus and values stability and control. Customers and profits take precedence over employee
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Heirarchal Culture
Definition
internal focus and values stability and control. leads to development of reliable internal processes, extensive measurement.
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How do employees learn culture? (2 ways)
Definition
Socialization, mentoring.
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Scientific Management
Definition
a body of research by Frederic Taylor that involved systematically analyzing human behaviour at work to increase productivity and efficiency (time and motion studies)
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McGregor's Theory Y
Definition
positive assumptions about employees being responsible, desiring work, and being capable and creative
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McGregor's Theory X
Definition
negative, pessimistic assumptions about human nature and its effect on productivity (e.g. people tend to avoid work; workers need to be directed; even punished in order to perform)
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Human Relations Movement
Definition
1930s. No more workers as machines, unions started forming "collective bargaining", gained momentum in 1950s
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The contingency Approach
Definition
1980s to present. No best way, Management concept and approach based on situational appropriateness
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Diversity
Definition
Represents the multitude of individual differences and similarities that exist between people.
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4 Layers of Diversity?
Definition
Personality, internal dimensions, external dimensions, organizational dimensions
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Personality
Definition
set of characteristics responsible for a personas individual identity
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Internal Dimensions
Definition
less within our control, influence our attitudes, expectations, assumptions, and behaviour.
ie age, gender, race
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External Dimensions
Definition
We have a greater ability to control these things; they exert a significant influence
ie income, geographics location, parental status, religion
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Organizational Dimensions
Definition
Consists of such things as job title, union affiliation, & senority
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Employee Equity Act
Definition
Canadian legislation that requires employers to actively pursue employment equity by increasing the number of employees from designated groups that have historically been underrepresented. The four designated groups are: qualified women, visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities.
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Globalization
Definition
refers to the extension of business operations to markets around the globe.
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E-Business
Definition
involves using the Internet to facilitate every aspect of business
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e-Commerce
Definition
selling of good and services online
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Perception
Definition
Process of interpretings one's environment
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Social Cognition(Social perception)
Definition
How people perceive one another.
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Social Perception Model (4 stages)
Definition
Selective attention/comprehension, encoding and simplification, storage and retention, retriaval and response
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Selective Attention/Comprehension
Definition
Stage 1: Bombarded with info, can only pay attention for certain stimuli
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Salient Stimuli
Definition
something that stands out from its context (dictated by needs and goals)
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Encoding and Simplification
Definition
Stage 2: Observed info is not stored in memory in original form. Its encoded in brain by interpreting or translating raw info into mental pictures
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Schemata
Definition
A persons mental pictures/summaries of an event or stimulus
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Storage and Retention
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Stage 3: Involves storage of info in long term memory
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Retrieval and response
Definition
Stage 4: People retrieve info from memory
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Implicit cognition
Definition
Any thought or belief that is automatically activated without conscious awareness.
(Things we just know)
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Stereotype
Definition
A set of beliefs about the characteristics of a group.
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*Bona Fide Occupational Requirement (BFOR)
Definition
A quality or an attribute that employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and retention of employees – qualities that when considered in other contexts would constitute discrimination and thus in violation of civil rights employment law. This is the grounds in which an employer can discriminate.
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Causal Attribution
Definition
suspected or inferred causes of behaviour
(how individuals explain behaviours or actions)
Ex late because I missed the earlier bus, or I was late because the driver was too slow
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Fundamental Attribution Bias
Definition
The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgements about the behaviour of others.
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Self Serving Bias
Definition
The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors while putting the blame for failures on external factors.
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Self Concept
Definition
A personas self-perception as a physical, social, and spiritual being
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self esteem
Definition
ones overall self-evaluation
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Self efficiency
Definition
belief in ones ability to do a task
"I think I can"
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self monitoring
Definition
personal awareness levels of how to adapt to related patterns of self-expression to fit situations
(high self monitoring=respond to social cues)
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Bandura Social Learning Model
Definition
an individual aquire new behavious through the interplay of environmental cues and consequences & cognitive processes
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Nature (vs nurture)
Definition
Genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are
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Nurture (vs Nature)
Definition
Our environment, how we're raised, surrounding culture
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Internal Locus of Control
Definition
People who believe they control the events & consequences that affect their lives
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External Locus of Control
Definition
People who believe their performance is a product of circumstances beyond their control (fate, luck)
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Humility
Definition
Considering the contributions of others and good fortune when gauging ones success
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Intelligence
Definition
An individuals capacity for constructive thinking
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Emotional Intelligence
Definition
Ability to recognize emotions in ones self and others in mature and constructive ways
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Emotional Labour
Definition
Management of feelings to create a publicly observable facial and bodily development
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