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Chapter 3 Management key terms

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Key Term
Definition
Organizational culture   Values, beliefs, assumptions, and norms that form the organization  
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Collegial culture   Type of organizational culture made by consensus, teamwork, and participatory decision making  
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Personalistic culture   Type of organizational culture made by personal decisions with no policy or procedure to follow  
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Formalistic culture   Type of organizational culture formed by a clear chain of command and well defined lines of authority  
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Organizational structure   Model that defines the relationships among members of the organization  
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Span of control   Number of subordinates supervised by a particular individual in an organizational setting.  
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Organizational chart   Graphic representing an organization's structure, usually arranged by function, service, or in a matrix format  
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Matrix structure   Type of chart that describes an organizational structure in terms of both function and service  
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Position description   Formal document that describes the qualifications, work content, accountability, and scope of job  
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Job specification   Written description of the requirements or qualifications a person should have to fill a particular role in an organization  
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Person specification   Specific delineation, based on the job specification, of the qualities, skills, and characteristics a person must have to fill a particular role  
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Job description   Written description of the specific responsibilities a position holder will be accountable for in an organization  
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Recruitment   Process of planning for human resource needs and identifying potential candidates to meet those needs  
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Validity   Employment criteria that predict how well a candidate will perform in a role  
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Reliability   Consistency of staff selection procedures  
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Numeric analysis   Process of determining staff member's workload by calculating and comparing the amount of time a person spends on certain tasks with the outputs that result from those tasks  
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Process analysis   Technique for streamlining the number and complexity of steps needed to provide a service to a customer  
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Supervision   Process whereby authority holders observe the work activities of an employee to improve the outcomes of the employee's work or to improve the employee's professional development  
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Inspection-production   Supervisory model that emphasizes the use of formal authority and managerial prerogatives to improve employee efficiency and efficacy  
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Clinical supervision   Process of direct observation of an employee's work, with emphasis on measurement of specific behaviors, and the subsequent development of plans to fix deficiencies in performance  
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Developmental supervision   Supervisory model that emphasizes collaboration between supervisors and supervisees to help them solve problems and develop professionally  
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Performance evaluation   Process of placing a value on the quality of an employee's work  
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Propriety standards   Performance evaluation standards intended to help ensure that the process is legal and fair  
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Utility standards   Performance evaluation standards intended to help ensure that employee appraisal is useful to workers, employers, and others who need the information  
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Feasibility standards   Performance evaluation standards intended to help foster practically in the employee appraisal process  
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Accuracy standards   Performance evaluation standards intended to improve the validity and reliability of the employee appraisal process  
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