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Management
Undergraduate 3
02/25/2009

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Ability
Definition
An individual’s capacity to perform the various task in job (Intellectual and Physical)
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Affect
Definition
a broad range of emotions that people experience
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Biographical Characteristics
Definition
Objective and easliy obtained personal characteristics.
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Bounded Reality/Rationality
Definition
the real world model seeks satisfactory and sufficient solutions from limited data and alternatives
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Collective Programming of the MIND
Definition
Hofstedes Definition of Values
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Decisions
Definition
choices made from among alternatives developed from data.
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Emotions
Definition
intense feelings that are directed at someone or something
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Definition
the tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others. We blame people first not the situation.
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HERZBERG”S Two Factor Theory
Definition
Satisfaction and dissatisfaction are not opposites but separate constructs. Hygiene and motivators are two separate constructs, lack of hygiene factors will cause lack of motivation and motivators when present will motivate.
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Hygiene factors
Definition
extrinsic related to dissatisfaction i.e. company policies salary and work conditions
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Learning
Definition
Any relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience *measurable*
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MASLOWS HEIRACHY OF NEEDS
Definition
There is a hierarchy of five needs as each need is substantially satisfied the next need becomes dominant u have to go in order before the next one can begin (add self actualization) Self actualization à esteem à social (High order internal)àsafetyàphysiological (lower external)
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Moods
Definition
Feelings that tend to be less intense than emotions and that lace contextual stimulus
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Motivation
Definition
The processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal
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Motivators
Definition
intrinsic and related to satisfaction i.e. growth responsibility achievement
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Perception
Definition
is a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. People’s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself. The world as it is perceived is the world that is behaviorally important.
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Personality
Definition
the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts and interacts with others the measurable traits a person exhibits
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Personality Traits
Definition
Enduring characteristics that describe an individual’s behavior; the more consistent the trait is displayed the more important the trait
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Problem
Definition
- a perceived discrepancy between the current state of affairs and a desired state
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Self Monitoring
Definition
The ability to adjust behavior to meet external situational factors. High monitors conform more and are more likely to become leaders
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Three TRAITS LINKED TO LEADERSHIP on BIG 5 Personality
Definition
Extroversion, conscientiousness, and openness all show consistent relationships to leadership. (emotional intelligence outside of big 5 but related)
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Values
Definition
Basic convictions on how to conduct yourself or how to live your life that is personally or socially preferable – “how to” live life properly
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Leadership
Definition
is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals
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Fiedler Model
Definition
Effective group performance depends on the proper match between leadership type and the situation. Assumes that leadership style is fixed
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Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership
Definition
a model that focuses on follower “readiness.”
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House’s Path-Goal Theory
Definition
Leaders provide followers with information, support, and resources to help them achieve their goals. Leaders help clarify the path to the worker’s goals. Leaders can display multiple leadership types.
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Leader Member Exchange Theory
Definition
LMX: because of time pressures, leaders form a special relationship with a small group of followers: the “in group.” This in-group is trusted and gets more time and attention from the leader (more “exchanges”). All other followers are in the “out-group” and get less of the leader’s attention and tend to have formal relationships with the leader (fewer “exchanges”.) Leaders pick group members early in the relationship.
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Overconfidence bias
Definition
believing too much in our own ability to make good decisions – especially when outside of own expertise
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Anchoring Bias
Definition
using early, first received information as the basis for making subsequent judgments
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Confirmation bias
Definition
selecting and using only facts that support our decision (we only hear what we want to hear)
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Availability Bias
Definition
Emphasizing information that is most readily at hand (recent/vivid)
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Escalation of Commitment
Definition
Increasing commitment to a decision in spite of evidence that it is wrong – especially if responsible for the decision
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Randomness Error
Definition
Creating meaning out of random events (superstition/meaningless events that are coincidences)
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Selective Perception
Definition
people selectively interpret what they see on the basis of their interest background and experience, and attitudes
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Halo Effect
Definition
drawing a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic
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Contrast Effects Evaluation
Definition
a person’s characteristics that are affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher and lower on the same characteristics.
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