Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Help organizations to focus, communicate, and evolve.

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Management theories

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Oldest formal school of management thought

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Classical school

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Management under classical school

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Scientific
Administrative
Bureaucratic

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Was introduced in an attempt to create a mental revolution in the workplace.

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Scientific management

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The systematic study of work methods in order to improve efficiency.

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Scientific management

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Father of scientific management

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Frederick taylor

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He believed that organizations should study tasks and develop precise procedures.

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Frederick taylor

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Associate of Taylor, developed a bar graph that measures planned and completed work along each stage of production.

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Henry Gantt

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Focuses on the management process and principles of management.

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Administrative management

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10
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It provides a more general theory of management.

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Administrative management

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11
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How many principles of management according to Henri Fayol

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18

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The act, processor or an instance of distribution among a number of employee specific work assignments

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Division of work/labor

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Power or tour right in making a decision.

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Authority

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No slacking, orderly, conduct or pattern of individual behavior

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Discipline

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15
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Each employee should receive orders from one supervisor

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Unity of command

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16
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Single person should direct the activities that are directed toward a single objective

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Unity if direction

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17
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Monetary payment for service rendered

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Remuneration

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18
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An indiv. Is always interested in maximizing his own satisfaction through more money, recognition, status, etc

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Subordination of individual interest to the general interest

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When at work, only work things should be done.

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Subordination of individual interest to the general interest

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Concentrate placing power in the center of an organization

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Centralization of authority

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To produce uniformity of action, utilizing expert to reduce risks of error in performing a tasks.

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Centralization of authority

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A chain of authority exists from the highest organizational autjority to the lowest ranks

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Scalar of chain

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23
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Fair treatment, a combination of kindliness and justice

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Equity

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24
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Attaining the maximum productivity of personnel

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Stability or tenure of personnel

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Thinking out a plan and ensuring its success is an extremely strong motivator. Making things happen
Initiative
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It is the feeling, such as being proud and loyal, shared by members of a group of people
Esprit de corps
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Nurses are rational being, and must be allowed to work their minds in problem solving and decision making
Motivation of personnel
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Limited turnover of personnel. Permanent status is given to workers with satisfactory performance
Personnel tenure
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Refers to the number of subordinates a supervisor has
Span of control
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Is is the dimensional flow of communication
Proper channel of communication
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Organizational order for materials and personnel is essential.
Order
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The right materials and the right employees are necessary for each organizational function and activity
Order
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He disliked European organizations were managed on a “personal” family-like basis
Max weber
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The non-personal, objective form of organization
Bureaucracy
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School using application of quantitative techniques
Production and operations management
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Emphasizes productivity and quality of both manufacturing and service organizations
Operations management
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He exerted a tremendous influence in shaping modern ideas about improving productivity and quality care
W. Edwards Deming
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Focuses on improving decision making.
Quantitative school or management science school
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Used early computers to perform the thousands of calculations involved in mathematical modelling
Management science school or quantitative school
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Under behavioral science
Employee satisfaction Hawthorne effects
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Focus on personality, attitudes, values, motivation, group behavior, leadership, communication, and conflict, among other issues
Behavioral science
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He reinforces ideas that managerial attitudes about employee can be directly correlated with employee satisfaction. - he labelled it theory X and Y
Douglas McGregor (1960)
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Theory that says managerial attitudes about employees can be directly correlated with employee satisfaction.
Employee satisfaction
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Humanistic nature that focuses on motivating a person through collective decision making, long term employment, slow but more predictable promotion, indirect supervision and holistic concern for employees
Theory Z by William G. Ouchi
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Corrected the shortcoming of bureautic system failure
Hawthorne Effects
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Began an attempt ti look at the relationship between light illuminations in the factory and productivity
Elton Mayo
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Attempted to correct what was perceived as the major shortcoming of the bureaucratic system - failure to include human elements
Human relations era/ Hawthorne Effects
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The 1st theorist to suggest basic principles of what today would be called participative decision making or participative management
Mary Parker Follet
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He Supported mcgregor and mayo by saying that managerial domination causes workers to become discouraged and passive.
Chris Argyris
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Stresses the needs for flexibility within the organization and employee participation in decision making
Argyris Flexibility and employee participation
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If self- esteem and independence needs are not met, employees will become discouraged and troublesome or may leave the organization
Flexibility and employee participation by chris argyris
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Focuses on trying to understand the factors that affect behavior at work
Behavioral school
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Focuses on satisfying workers needs
Human relations
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Focuses on issues of communication, leadership, motivation, and group behavior
Human relations
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When management paid special attention ti workers, productivity was likely to increase regardless of the environmental working conditions
Recognition of Workers
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Theory of motivation based upon a consideration of human needs
Need theory
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Practicing psychologist, developed the need thoery
Abraham maslow
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5 specific areas of need thoery
Physiological needs Safety needs Belonging and love needs Esteem needs Self- actualization needs