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Management Principles(Dyck and Heubert)
Chapters 13-14
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Business
Undergraduate 3
12/02/2010

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Term
Organizational Change
Definition
Any substantive modification to some aspect of an organization
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Types of change
Definition
1. Intentionality: planned and unplanned
2. Source: innovative and imitative
3. Scope: transformational and incremental
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Four Step Change Process
Definition
1. Recognize the need o oppotunity for change
2. Unfreeze- prepare for change
3. Change- implementation
4. Refreeze- institutionalize the change
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Member's confidence in managers
Definition
1.develop and display the skills needed for change
2. model the desired behaivior and not fall back to previous pattern
3. demonstrate integrity and be consistent in their actions to gain members commitment to change
4. utilize good planning skills
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Member's confidence in their own ability
Definition
1. demonstrate good communication skills. Provide enough information so expectations are clear.
2. provide training to enhance behavior needed for change
3. provide appropriate resources and time for members to adapt to their new responsibilities
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Member's attitude toward change
Definition
1. persuade members that change is good
2. provide extrinsic incentives such as bonuses and pay raises
3. select or promote those people that have a personality that will work well with change
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Mainstream approach to change
Definition
Change is top-down. Managers decide on the content of change and ensure it is properly enforced.
-reduces resistance to change
-creates openness and willingness to change
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Motivation
Definition
The willingness to exceed high levels of effort to reach organizational goals, conditioned by efforts ability to satisfy some need
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Key components of motivation
Definition
1. effort
2. needs
3. organizational goals
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Personality
Definition
The unique and relatively stable pattern o behavior, thought and emotion given by individuals

Rooted in an individuals biological make-up much more than individuals background or upbringing
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Theory X
Definition
people are inherently lazy, dislike work, will avoid working hard, and prefer to be directed rather than accepting responsinbility
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Theory Y
Definition
Work is as natural as play and that people are inherently motivated to work and that people will feel unfulfilled if they do not have the opportunity to work and contribute to society
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Theory Z
Definition
People like to be a member of a group and will work most productively in stable groups
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The Big five Model
Extraversion
Definition
sociable, adventurous, talkative, assertive
Term
Agreeableness
Definition
good-natured, cooperative, trustful, not jealous
Term
Conscientiousness
Definition
achievement oriented, responsible, persevering, dependable
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Openness to experience
Definition
intellectual, original, imaginative, cultured
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Emotional stability
Definition
calm, placid, poised, not neurotic
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Job Characteristics model
Definition
Specifies how to increase the motivational potential of a job by improving the autonomy, feedback and meaningfulness associated with the job.
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Meaningfulness of JCM
Skill variety
Definition
The degree to which a job requires a variety of activities so the worker use different skills and talents
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Step two to change process
Definition
1. Response: buy in/ create dissonance
2. Push tactics: burning platform
3. Pull tactic: inspirational, opportunity appeal
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Motivation
Definition
A psychological force that helps explain what arouse, directs and maintains human behavior
Term
Innate Needs
Maslow Hierarchy
Definition
Self- actualization
Esteem
Love
Safety
Physiological
Term
Herzberg Theory
Hygien
Definition
the presence or absence of sources of job disatisfication
-pay, working conditions
Term
Herzberg Theory
Motivation
Definition
The presence or absence of sources of job satisfaction
-interesting work, autonomy, responsibility
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Meaningfulness of JCM
Task Identity
Definition
the degree to which the job requires completion of a whole identifiable piece of work
Term
Meaningfulness
Task Significance
Definition
the degree to which the job affects the lives or work of other people
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Autonomy
Definition
the degree to which the job provides freedom, independence and discretion to the individual in scheduling the work and in determining the procedures to be used in carrying it out
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Feedback
Definition
the degree to which carrying out the work activities by the job results in the individuals obtaining direct and clear information about the effectiveness of their performance
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Desire for Achievement
Self-Efficacy
Definition
A persons belief that they able to complete a task successfully
Term
Desire for achievement
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition
subordinates live up (or down0 to the expectations of their managers
Term
Desires for achievement
Expectancy Theory
Definition
Motivation depends on an individuals learned expectations about their ability to perform a certain task and achieve the desired result
Term
Expectancy
"Can I achieve the goal?"
Definition
The perceived probability that exerting a certain level of effort will result in a certain level of performance
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Instrumentality
"What will I get if I achieve the goal?"
Definition
the perceived probability that performing at a certain level results in a desired and specific outcome
Term
Valency
"Do I value what I get?"
Definition
the value an individual attaches to an outcome
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Intrinsic Motivation
Definition
source of motivation that comes from doing the work or activity itself
Term
Extrinsic Motivation
Definition
source of motivation that comes from factors outside the task itself
Term
Reinforcement
Definition
a response or consequence linked to a behavior
(extinction is removal of a reinforced behavior)
Term
Hot Stove principles for Punishment
Definition
Punishment is immediate: hot to the touch
Punishment provides specific information: what's hot and what's not
Punishment is consistent: everyone gets burned
Punishment is directed towards the person's actions not their personality: burn the hand not the heart
Term
Desires for affiliation
Definition
Organizational commitment: motivational force that binds a person to a particular organization
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Desires for affiliation
Definition
Benefits of affective commitment: Lower turnover costs
increased productivity
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Desires for affiliation
Definition
Principle of exchange: People are motivated by affiliations if they receive benefits that are in their self-interests
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Types of power
Definition
Legitimate power
Reward Power
Coercive Power
Expert Power
Referent Power
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