3rd exam boss Flashcards

(50 cards)

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It is a process of sharing information through symbols, including words and messages.

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Communication

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Information provided through communication maybe used for decision-making at various work levels in the organization

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Information function

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Verbal communications are transmitted through hearing or sight.

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Verbal

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A barrier is an obstacle that prevents access to effective communication

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Barrier

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It is a means of conveying messages through body language, as well as the use of time, space, touch, clothing, appearance, and aesthetic elements.

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Non-verbal communication

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Information provided through communication may be used for decision-making at various work levels in the organization. A construction worker, for instance, maybe given instructions on the proper use of certain equipment

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Information function

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Communication is also oftentimes used as a means to motivate employees to commit themselves to the organization’s objectives.

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Motivation function

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When properly communicated, reports, policies, and plans define roles, clarify duties, authorities, and responsibilities. Effective control is, then, facilitated.

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Control function

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When feelings are repressed in the organization, employees are affected by anxiety, which, in turn, affects performance

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Emotive function

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The most important step in effective communication is developing an idea. The idea to be conveyed must be useful or of some value.

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Develop an Idea

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The next step is to encode the idea into words, illustrations, figures, or other symbols suitable for transmission.

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Encode

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After encoding, the message is now ready for transmission through the use of an appropriate communication channel.

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Transmit

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The next step is the communication process is the actual receiving of the message by the intended receiver.

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Receive

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The next step, decoding, means translating the message from the sender into a form that will have meaning to the recipient.

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Decode

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The next step is for the receiver to accept or reject the message.

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Accept

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The next step is for the receiver to use the information

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Use

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The last step in the communication process is for the receiver to provide feedback to the sender.

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Provide Feedback

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_____________ are hindrances to effective communication arising from a communicator’s characteristics as a person, such as emotions, values, poor listening habits, gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, religion, education, etc.

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Personal Barriers

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________________ refer to interferences in ineffective communication occurring in the environment where the communication is undertaken.

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Physical Barriers

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_________ is the study of meaning as expressed in symbols. Words, pictures, or actions are symbols that suggest certain meanings

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Semantic Barriers

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21
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__________ refers to message flows from higher levels of authority to lower levels

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Downward communication

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_______________ refers to messages from persons in lower-level positions to persons in higher positions.

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Upward communication

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_________ refers to messages sent to individuals or groups from another of the same organizational level or position.

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Horizontal communication

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Refers to a guidance a guidance or leadership, especially in a spiritual context.

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It is the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.
Leaders
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It refers to the ability to do something or act in a way, especially as a faculty or quality.
Powers
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It is the action of leading a group of people or an organization.
Leadership
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It refers to a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
Traits
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It is the ability to do something well; expertise.
Skills
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compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.
Charisma
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It is a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.
Contingency
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Also known as authoritarian leadership.
Autocratic Leaders
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Also called Laissez-Faire
Free-Rein Leaders
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A person who occupies a higher position has legitimate power over persons in lower positions within the organization.
Legitimate Power
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When a person can give rewards to anybody who follows orders or requests, the is said to have reward power.
Reward Power
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When a person compels another to comply with orders through threats or punishment, he is said to coercive power.
Coercive Power
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When a person can get compliance from another because the latter would want to be identified with the former, that person is said to have referent power.
Referent Power
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Experts provide specialized information regarding their specific lines of expertise.
Expert Power
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Leadership may be referred to as “the process of influencing and supporting others to work enthusiastically toward achieving objectives.”
The Nature of Leadership
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Defined as having a means of measurement and initiating adjustments in the course of activity to address unwanted changes to cost, schedule, quality, or risk elements that have influenced the activity.
Control
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It refers to a thing aimed at or sought.
Objective
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It is an element or pathway within a control system that passes a controlling signal from a source in its external environment to a load elsewhere in its external environment.
Feedforward
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It takes place while an activity is in progress. It involves the regulation of ongoing activities that are part of the transformation process.
Concurrent
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It refers to a process that managers can use to evaluate how effectively their teams meet the stated goals at the end of a production process
Feedback Control
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It is an expert estimate of the value of something.
Appraisals
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Relating to the use of statistics.
Statistical
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Define as a lack of the quality or quantity required.
Inadequate
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It refers to an income, especially when of a company or organization and substantial nature.
Revenues
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It is a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
Profot
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________ refers to the “process of ascertaining whether organizational objectives have been achieved; if not, why not; and determining what activities should then be taken to achieve objectives better in the future.”
Controlling