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After-Action Review

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A systematic assessment of lessons learned and results accomplished in a completed project

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Agile Organization

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Fast- moving, open to change, and internally connected top to bottom and side to side

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Authority-And-Responsibility Principle

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Principle that says authority should equal responsibility when work is delegated

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Balance Sheet

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Shows assets and liabilities in a point in time

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Balanced Scorecard

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Tallies organizational performance in financial, customer service, internal process, and innovation areas

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Biculturalism

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When minority members display characteristics of majority cultures in order to succeed

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Bottom-Up Change

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Change initiatives come from all levels of the organization

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Breakeven Analysis

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Performs what-if calculations under different revenue and cost conditions

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Breakeven Point

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When revenues just equal costs

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Bureaucracy

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Emphasizes formal authority, order, fairness, and efficiency

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Buraeucratic Control

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Influencing behavior through strict authority, policies, procedures and supervision

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Centralization

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The concentration of authority for most decisions is at the top level of an organization

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Chain Of Command

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Links all employees with successively higher levels of authority

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Change Leader

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Takes initiative in trying to change behavior of another person or within a social system

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Changing

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The phase when a planned change actually takes place

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Clan Control

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Influences behavior through norms and expectations set by the organizational culture

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Co-Cultures

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Members share similar beliefs and values based on their work

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Concurrent Control

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What happens during the work process

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Control Equation

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Need For Action = Desired Performance - Actual Performance

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Controlling

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Measuring performance and taking action to ensure desired results

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Core Culture

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Consists of core values, assumptions and beliefs that shape and guide people’s behaviors in an organziation

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Core Valuesq

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Beliefs and values shared by organization members

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CPM/PERT

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A combination of the critical path method and the program evaluation and review technique

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Critical Path

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Longest pathway in CPM/PERT network

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Cross-Functional Teams
Bring together members from different functional departments
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Customer Structure
Groups together people and jobs that serve the same customers or clients
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Decentralization
The dispersion of authority to make decisions through all levels
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Delegation
The process of distributing and entrusting work to others
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Divisional Structure
Groups people together based on product, geography, customer type and process
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Double-Bind Dilemma
Where female leaders get criticized when they act consistent with female subculture stereotypes and male stereotypes alike
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Economic Order Quantity
Method that places new orders when inventory levels fall to predetermined points
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Empowerment
Allowing others to make decisions and exercise discretion
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Ethnocemntrism
Belief that one's subculture is superior to all others
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Feedback Control
Takes place after an action is completed
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Feedforward Control
Occurs prior to work beginning
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Flat Structure
Wide span of control and few hierarchical levels
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Force-Coercion Strategy
Pursuing change through formal authority or punishments
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Formal Structure
Official structure of the organization
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Functional Chimney
Lack of communication, coordination, and problem solving across functions
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Functional Structure
Groups people together with similar skills who perform similar tasks
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Gantt Chart
Graphically displays the scheduling of tasks required to complete a project
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Gender Subcultures
Form among persons who share gender identities and display common patterns of behavior
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Generational Subcultures
Form among persons who work together and share similar ages
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Geographical Structure
Groups people together that perform jobs in the same location
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Glass Ceiling
An invisible barrier to advancement by women and minorities in organizations
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Glass Closet
A self-imposed persona adopted LGBTQ persons in order to hide their identity
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Implicit Bias
An embedded prejudice that people don't recognize they have
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Improvisational Change
Making continual adjustments as changes are being implemented
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Income Statement
Shows profits or losses at one point in time
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Incremental Change
Bending and then adjusting ways to improve performance
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Informal Structure
Set of social networks found in unofficial relationships among the members of an organization
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Input Standard
Measures work efforts that go into a performance task
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Inventory Control
Ensures that inventory is only big enough to meet immediate needs
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Just-In-Time Scheduling
Routes materials to workstations just in time for use
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Leading Diversity
A leadership approach that creates an organizational culture that respects diversity and supports multiculturalism
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Leaking Pipeline Problem
When otherwise qualified women and minorities drop out of upward career paths
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Market Control
The influence of market competition on behavior of organizations
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Matrix Structure
Combines functional and divisional approaches to create cross-functional teams
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Mechanistic Design
Centralized, narrow span of control, many rules
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Microagressions
Disrespectful, demeaning, and hurtful sexism and racism behaviors
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Multocultural Organization
Organization that has core values that respect diversity
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Multiculturalism
Inclusivness, pluralism, and respect for diversity
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Network Structure
Uses information technologies to link with networks of outside suppliers and service contractors
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Observable Culture
The way members behave, as well as stories, heroes, rituals and symbols
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Occupational Subcultures
Form among persons who share the same skills and work responsibilities
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Organic Design
Decentralized, wide span of control, fewer rules
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Organization Chart
Describes arrangement of work positions within an organization
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Organizational Structure
System of tasks, reporting relationships and communication linkages
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Organizational Culture
System of shared beliefs and values that guide behavior in organizations
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Organizing
Arranges, connects, and integrates people and resources to accomplish a common purpose
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Output Standard
Measures performance results in terms of quantity, quality, cost, or time
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Pareto Principle
States that 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes
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Process Structure
Groups jobs that are part of same processes
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Product Structure
Groups people together that are focused on a single product or service
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Project Management
The responsibility for overall planning, supervision, and the control of projects
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Task Force
Convened for a particular task and disband once that task is completed
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Projects
One-time activities with many component tasks that must be completed in proper order and according to budget
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Rational Persuasion Strategy
Pursues change through empirical data and rational argument
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Refreezing
The phase at which change is stabilized
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Self-Control
Internal control that occurs through self-management and self-discipline
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Self-Enchancement Bias
The tendency to view oneself as more capable, intelligent, and ethical than others
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Self-Managing Team
Members share roles and leadership responsibilities while working toward a common goal
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Shared Power Strategy
Pursues change by participation in assessing change needs, values, and goals
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Social Network Analysis
Identifies the informal structures and their embedded social relationships that are active in an organization
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Socialization
The process through which new members learn the culture of an organization
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Span Of Control
The number of subordinates directly reporting to a manager
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Staff Positions
Provide technical expertise for other parts of the organization
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Strategic Alliance
A cooperation agreement with another organization to jointly pursue activites of mutual interesr
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Strong Organizational Cultures
Clear, well-defined, and widely shared among members
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Structural Bias
Exists as organizational norms and practices that discourage or inhibit the advancement of women and minorities
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Symbolic Leader
Someone whose words and actions consistently communicate core values
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Tall Structure
Have narrow spans of control and many hierarchical levels
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Team Structure
Permanent and temporary cross-functional teams are used to improve lateral relations
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Top-Down Change
The change initiatives come from senior management
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Transformational Change
Results in a major and comprehensive redirection of the organization
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Unfreezing
The phase during which a situation is prepared for change
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Value-Based Management
Actively develops, communicates, and enacts shared values
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Virtual Structure
Uses powers of teams, technology and temporariness (3 T's)
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Work Process
A group of related tasks that collectively creates a valuable work product
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Workplace Spirituality
Creates meaning and shared community among organizational members

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