correct answers 2025/2026 Edition
Terms in this set (153)
the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient
Definition of Management
manner through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
organizational resources
management functions:
-planning
-controlling
-organizing
the process of management
-leading
input: resources
Output:
performance
human
financial
resources (input) raw
materials
technologi
cal
informati
on
Planning (Management Function) determining organizational goals and a means for achieving them
monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as
Controlling (Management
Function) planned and correcting any significant deviations
identifying and arranging the work and resources needed to
Organizing (Management achieve the goals that have been set
Function) -assign responsibility for task accomplishment
Leading (Management Function) inspiring and motivating workers to work hard to achieve organizational
goals
, attain goals
products
performance (output) services
efficiency
effectiveness
specialist, performs specific
tasks gets things done through
Individual Identity/performer
own efforts an individual
actor
works relatively independently
generalist, coordinates diverse
tasks gets things done
manager identity/performer
through others
a network builder
works in highly independent manner
Top Managers Responsible for the entire organization (ex. CEO or vice presidents)
Responsible for business units
Middle Managers
implement the policies and plans of the top managers above them
and supervise and coordinate the activities of the first-line
managers below them
Responsible for misinterpreting signals
project manager
person responsible for coordinating activities of several
departments for the completion of a specific project
Responsible for production of goods and services
first-line managers responsible for training and supervising the performance of nonmanagerial
employees who are directly responsible for producing the
company's products or services
, Emerged during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
why did the classical perspective
emerge? Large complex organizations required new approaches to coordination and
control
· Scientific management
three sub-groups of classical · Bureaucratic organizations
perspective · Administrative principle
taylor: workers could be retooled like machines
Henry gantt: Gantt chart to measure tasks and plan work
The gilbreths pioneered time and motion studies to promote efficiency
Scientific Management
Management decisions would be based on precise procedures based on
study
studying workers to find the most efficient ways of doing things
and then teaching people those techniques