Final Flashcards

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Communication

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The transfer and understanding of information

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5 functions of Communication

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Management 
Feedback
Enorional sharing 
Persuasion 
Information exchange
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Communication process

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Steps between a source and a reciever that results in a transfer and understanding of meaning

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Key parts of the communication process

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Receiver, encoding, the message, the channel, decoding, the sender, noise, and feedback

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Formal channels

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Often follows chain of authority
Communication channels established by an organization to transmit messaged related to the professional activities of members

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Informal channels

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Communication channels that are created spontaneously and that emerges as responses to individual choices

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Downward communication

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Communication that flows from one level of a group/organization to a lower level

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Upward communication

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Communication that flows to a higher level in the group/organization

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Lateral communication

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Communication that does between members of the same work

Saves time to facilitate coordination

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Formally small group networks

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Chain
Wheel
All channel

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Chain

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Formal small group that follows chain of command

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Wheel

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Relies on central figure to sct as conduit for all communication

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The grapevine

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An organizatuond informal communications network

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Modes of communication

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Oral
Written
Nonverbal

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Channel richness

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The amount of information that cam be transmitted during communication episode

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Automativ processing

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Superficial consideration of evidence and information making use of heuristics

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Controlled processing

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Detailed consideration of evidence and information relying on facts, figures, and logic

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Characteristics of processing

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Interest level
Prior knowledge
Personality 
Message characteristics
Choosing the message
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Barriers to effective communication

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Filtering, selective perception, information overload, emotions, language silence, communication apphrension, and lying

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High context culture

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Rely heavily on nonverbal and subtle situational cues in communication

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Low context culture

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Rely heavily on words to convey meaning in communication

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Power

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The capacity that A has to influence the behavior of B, so that B acts un accordance to A’s wishes

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Dependence

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B’s relatuonship to A when A possesses something B requires

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Formal power

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Coercive
Reward
Legitimate

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Personal power
Expert Referent *most effective
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Referent power
Influence based on identification with a person who has desirable resources or personality traits
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What created dependence?
The resource you own is: Important Scarce Nonsubstitutable
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Social network analysis
Tool to assess the exchange of resources and dependencies within an organization Flow of communication
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Power tactics
How individuals translate power bases into specific actions
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9 distinct power tactics
``` Legitimacy Rational persuasion Inspirational appeal Consultation Exchange Personal appeal Ingratiation Pressure Coalitions ```
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Ingratiation
Praise or flattery power tactic
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Coalition
Enlisting and or support to persuade
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Political skill
The ability to influence others so that one's objective is attained
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Power variables
Personality Organizational system Status Means to blunt negative effects
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Zero sum approach
Treats the reward "pie" as fixed so that any gains by one ste expense of another
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Defensive behavior
Avoiding action Avoiding blame Avoiding change
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Avoiding action
``` Overvonfirming Buck ousting Playing dumb Stretching Stalling ```
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Avoiding blame
``` Bluffing Playing safe Justifying Scapegoating Misrepresenting ```
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Avoiding change
Prevention | Self protection
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Impression management
The process by which individuals attempt to control the impression that others form of them
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Leadership
Ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals
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Trait theories of leadership
Consider personal qualities and characteristics that differentiate leaders from nonleaders
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Behavioral theories of leadership
Specific behaviors differentiate leaders from nonleaders
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Initiating structure
Extent ti which a leader defines and structured their file and those of the subordinated to facilitate foal attainment
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Consideration
Extent to which a leader has job relationships that are categorized by mutal trust, respect for their ideas, and regard to their feelings
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Fiedley contingency theory
Proposes that group performance depends on proper match between leadership syule and degree which the situation give the leader control
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Least preferred coworker questionnaire
Measures whether a person if task or relationship oriented
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3 contingencies
Leader member relations Task structure Position of power
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Situational leadership theory
Focuses kb followers readiness to accomplish a task
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Path goal theory
It's the leaders job to assist followers in attaining their goals
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Leader participation model
Provides a set of rules to determine the form and amount of participative decision making in different situations
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Leader member exchange theory
Supports leaders creation of ingroupa and outgroups
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Charasismatic leadership theory
Followers make attributions if heroic leadership abilities when they observe certain behaviors of others
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Transactional leaders
Clarifies role to motivate and lead
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Transformational
Inspire and stimulate their subordinates
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Authentic leaders
Leaders know who they are
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Socialized charismatic leadership
Values are other centered rather than self centered
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Neutralizer
Attributes that make it impossible for leader behavior to make any difference to followers outcome