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Careers in Business

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1. Authority The formally granted influence of an individual to make decisions, pursue goals, obtain the resources necessary to support those decisions and goals
2.Chain of command The flow of authority within an organization; also called line of command
3. Communication An exchange of information in which the words and gestures are understood in the same way by both the speaker and the listener
4. Delegation Assigning tasks to subordinates
5. Division of labor Dividing a large job into units, or job tasks, and assigning an individual to do each of the tasks
6. Divisional structure An organizational design in which the firm is broken down into units according to the factors such as products, process, territory, customer type, etc.
7. Functional structure An organizational design in which the firm is broken into traditional departments, each with its own set of responsibilities and activities
8. Innovation The creation or discovery of something new, such as a new product, strategy. or process
9. Job specialization Becoming an expert in a specific work task
10. Lateral relations The amount of teamwork included in an organizational design
11. Line of authority Formal, direct authority that affects a business's day-to-day operations
12. Line of command See chain of command
13. Matrix structure An organizational design that combines the traditional functional structure with the divisional structure
14. Objectives Goals to be reached
15. Organizational Chart A graphical representation of the flow of authority within an organization
16. Organizational design The process of structuring a business's people, information, and technology to enable the business to achieve its goals and to be successful: also called organizational structure
17. Organizational Structure See organizational design
18. Product manager An individual who monitors one or more existing products and develops new products
19. Productivity The amount of work employees perform in a given period, usually their output per hour
20. Responsibility The duty o get the job done
21. Scalar principle Creating authority that flows in a clear, continuous line
22. Span of control The measurement of how many workers are supervised by one manager
23. Staff authority Advisory authority, often without the ability to enforce or take action
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