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Unit 4
Management Responsibilities
Question | Answer |
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the obligation to accept responsibility for the outcome of assigned tasks | Accountability |
all major planning and decision making is done by a group of top managers in the business | Central organization |
a business is divided into smaller operating units, and managers are given almost total responsibility | Decentralization organization |
letting workers decide how to preform their work tasks and offer ideas on how to improve the work process | Empowerment |
a top-level manager who spends almost all of his or her time on management functions | Executive |
one with fewer levels of management than traditional structures | Flattened organization |
how well people get along with each other when working together | Human relations |
carrying out plans and helping employees work effectively | Implementing |
the ability to influence individuals and groups to achieve organizational goals | leadership |
the general way a manager treats and directs employees | Leadership style |
all authority and responsibility may be traced in a direct line from the top executive down to the lowest employee level in the organization | line organization |
the process of accomplishing the goals of an organization through the effective use of people and other resources | Management |
a person who completes all four management functions on a regular basis and has authority over other jobs and people | Manager |
combines workers into temporary work teams to complete specific projects | Matrix organization |
a short, specific statement of the purpose and direction of the business | Mission statement |
the set of factors that cause a person to act a certain way | Motivation |
a short term planning that identifies specific activities for each are of the business | Operational Planning |
a visual device that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships among the workers and divisions of work | Organization chart |
determining how plans can most effectively be accomplished; arranging resources to complete work | Organizing |
Analyzing information and making decisions about what needs to be done | Planning |
Guidlines used in making decisions regarding specific recurring situations | Policies |
a list of steps to be followed for performing certain work | Procedure |
the obligation to do an assigned task | Responsibility |
a team in which members together are responsible for the work assigned to the team | Self-directed work team |
the number of employees who are directly supervised by one person | Span of control |
a specific measure by which something is judged | Standard |
long-term planning that provides broad goals and directions for the entire business | Strategic Planning |
lowest level of management; overseese day-to-day operations | Supervisor |
an examination of an organization's internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as opportunites and threats from its external environment | SWOT analysis |
means that no employee has more than on esupervisor at a time | Unity of command |
the difference between current performance and the standard | Variance |
a group of individuals who cooperate to achieve a common goal | Work team |