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The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report upward on the status and quality of their performance

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Accountability

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The legitimate right to make decisions and to tell other people what to do

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Authority

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A person who assembles and coordinates participants in a network

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Broker

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An organization in which high-level executives make most decisions and pass them down to lower levels for implementation

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Centralized Organization

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The procedures that link the various parts of an organization for the purpose of achieving the organization’s overall mission

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Coordination

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Units interact with one another to make accommodations to achieve flexible coordination

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Coordination by mutual adjustment

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Interdependent units are required to meet deadlines and objectives that contribute to a common goal

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Coordination by plan

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The role of a corporation’s executive staff and board of directors in ensuring that the firm’s activities meet the goals of the firm’s stakeholders

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Corporate Governance

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An organization in which lower-level managers make important decisions

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Decentralized Organization

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The assignment of new or additional responsibilities to a subordinate

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Delegation

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Subdividing an organization into smaller subunits

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Departmentalization

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An aspect of the organization’s internal environment created by job specialization and the division of labor

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Differentiation

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the assignment of different tasks to different people or groups

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Division of Labor

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Departmentalization that groups units around products, customers, or geographic regions

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Divisional Organization

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Temporary arrangements among partners that can be assembled and reassembled to adapt to the environment

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Dynamic Network

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the presence of rules and regulations governing how people in the organization interact

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Formalization

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Departmentalization around specialized activities such as production, marketing, and human resources

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Functional Organization

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The authority levels of the organizational pyramid

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Hierarchy

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the degree to which differentiated work units work together and coordinate their efforts

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Integration

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Units that deal directly with the organization’s primary goods and services

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Line Departments

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An organization composed of dual reporting relationships in which some managers report to two superiors – a functional manager and a divisional manager

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Matrix Organization

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A collection of independent, mostly single-function firms that collaborate on a good or service

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Network Organization

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the reporting structure and division of labor in an organization

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Organization Chart

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The assignment of a task that an employee is supposed to carry out

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Responsibility

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The number of subordinates who report directly to an executive or supervisor

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Span of Control

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A process in which different individuals and units performs different tasks

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Specialization

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Units that support line departments

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Staff Departments

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Establishing common routines and procedures that apply uniformly to everyone

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Standardization

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Subdivisions of an organization

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Subunits

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A structure in which each worker reports to one boss, who in turn reports to one boss

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Unity-of-command principle