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Management
Undergraduate 1
05/05/2011

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what are the two forms of psychological contracts
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contributions, and inducements
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what are contributions(psychological contract)
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what employees are giving to the employer
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what are some examples of things employees are giving to the employer
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service,time,quality of work,loyalty, effort
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what are inducements(psychological contract)
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what employer gives to employee
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what are some examples of what the employer gives to the employee
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benefits,bonus,$,experience, job security, status
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what is person job fit
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employee must fit job
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what are the big five personality traits
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agreeableness,conscientiousness,negative emotionality, extraversion, openness
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what is agreeableness
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easy to get along with
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what is conscientiousness
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can you focus on goals
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what is negative emotionality
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the glass is half empty (not a good trait)
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what is extraversion
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outgoing
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what is openness
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how open minded are you
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what are the four traits of the myers-Briggs study
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extroversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling, judging vs. perceiving, sensing vs. intuition
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what are the six other traits
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locus of control, self efficiency, authoritarianism, machiavellianism, self-esteem, risk propensity
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what is locus of control
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the degree to which an individual believes that behavior has a direct impact on the consequences of the behavior
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internal locus of control
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you are to blame
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external locus of control
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they are to blame
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what is self effieciency
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belief about you capability to do a job
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what is authoritatianism
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views on authority/power and status differences
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what is machiavellianism
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will do whatever it takes to get what they want
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what are the five traits of emotional intelligence
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self awareness, managing the emotion, motivating oneself, empathy, and social skills
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attitude
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beliefs and feelings that people have about specific ideas, situations, or other people
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cognitive dissonance
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conflict within oneself
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what are the seven different work attitudes
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satisfied v. dissatisfied, organizational commitment, positive efficiency, negative efficiency,perception, stereotyping, and attribution
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what is organizational commitment
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level of loyalty to the job
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what is positive and negative affectivity
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the level of optimism and pessimism
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what is attribution
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we observe behavior then attribute it to a cause
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what is stress
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a response to a stimulus
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what is a type a personality
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"OCD" time is important, competitive, devoted
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what is a type b personality
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laid back, easy going
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what are four causes of stress
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task demands, physical demands, role demands, interpersonal demands
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what are 8 consequences of stress
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behavioral, psychological, medical, poor quality at work, low productivity, faculty decision making, absenteeism, turnover
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what should be done within a business to prevent stress
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stress management program, company sporting events, recreational breaks(excercise), longer breaks, clean well lit spacious environment, support group
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what are 4 steps of creativity
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preperation,incubation,insight,verification
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what is part of the preperation step to creativity
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brainstorm, education, experience
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what is the insight step of the creative process
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knowing ideas can happen anytime and being ready for that
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what is the verification step of the creative process
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is the idea a good idea or is it crazy
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what is job accomplishment
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motivation,ability, and environment
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the traditional or scientific management approach
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fred taylor, soldiering(working slowly on purpose,piece work (paid by what you do)
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Human relations theory
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Elton Mayo, Hawthorne studies, Productivity is better because they were asked to do something special
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What is the Maslowz Hierarchy of needs
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1. physiological 2.safety and security 3. social or belongingness 4. self esteem, 5. self actualization.
you cannot proceed to the next step without satisfying all the ones before
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two factor theory
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divided factors into two types motivational and hygiene. only affect you if present
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what are some motivational factors according to the two factor theory
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achievement,recognition,responsibility,advancement,growth, work itself
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what are some hygiene factors according to the two factor theory
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dissatisfiers: supervisors, working conditions, interpersonal relations, ppay and security, company policies
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what is the human needs management theory
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need for achievement, need for affiliation, need for power
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what is the expectancy theory
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how much we want something compared to how likely we are to get it
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goal setting theory
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goal difficulty
goal specificity
goal accpetance
goal commitment
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what is the equity theory
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When people feel fairly or advantageously treated they are more likely to be motivated
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rerenforcement theory
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positive reenforcement, avoidance(someone does something wrong you dont punish them in order to avoid a negative consequence) Punishment, extinction(not providing any reward,ignoring the situation
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theory x
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all workers are lazy and dislike their job, Think only way to get them to work is threatening
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theory y
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they like their jobs
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theory z
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employees participate with managers in making decisions
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empowerment
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give employee power to make decisions and set up their own goals
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participation theory
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employer is working with employee to make decision
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variable work schedule theory
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compressed work hours, 4 days a week-10 hours a day
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flexible work schedule theory
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instead of 9-5, 8-4,7-3
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job sharing theory
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two or more people work on the same thing
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telecommuting theory
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working from home
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ment pay theory
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rewarded based on what you do
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gain sharing/scanlon pay
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if you are doing something that saves them money you get the money back
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profit sharing
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company is making alot of money= some comes back to you
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what are the five powers
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legitimate,rewards,coersive,referent,expert
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what is legitimate power
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given by top managers
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what is rewards power
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ability of leader or manager to give rewards or withhold them
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what is coersive power
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power by intimidation
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what is referent power
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power to be idols (celebrities)
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what is expert power
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knowing skills
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what is the michigan studies
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job centered leader vs. employee centered leader
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ohio studies
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initiating structure vs. consideration
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managerial grid
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concern for production vs. concern for people
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what are the three leadership styles
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authoritarian,democractic, laissez faire leader
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what is an authoritarian leader
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my way or the highway
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what is a democratic leader
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discusses decisions with employees
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what is a laissez faire leader
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allows employees to make decisions
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What is L.P.C
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least prefered coworker
style of leader is fixed the situation must change in order to please them
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Path goal theory
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the situation will decide the form of leadership, rewards are given
dissective,supportive,participative,achievement oriented
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what is the dissective approach of the path goal theory
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tells employees what expected of them
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what is the supportive approach to the path goal theory
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friendly, approachable, helpful
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what is the participative approach to the path goal theory
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allows others to participate in decisions
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what is the achievement approach to the path goal theory
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concerned with goals
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what is the vrooms decision tree
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the kinds of situations determines the degrees of group participation
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leader member exchange
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a leader will treat different employees differently
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substitutes for leadership
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in leaders absence someone steps up
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charismatic leadership
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something unique "je ne said quoi"
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transformational leadership
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a leader that can make others believe what they believe
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cross cultural leaders
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believe in diversity
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ethical leaders
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they have moral values
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what is communication
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transmitting information from one person to the next
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what is effective communication
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a to b- person b got message and understands it
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encoding
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information sent
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decoding
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information recieved
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feedback
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when person b responds
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noise
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any interuption in the communication process
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what are the three forms of communication
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oral, written, electronic
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what is a negative of oral
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there is no permanent record
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what is verticle communication
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communication upward or downward
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what is upward verticle communication
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from employees to manager
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what is downward verticle communication
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from manager to employees
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what are the two main types of conflict
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c type or cognitive, and a type or affective
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what is a type or affective conflict
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the emotions when disagreements become personal
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structural control
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how the company is structured or set up
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strategic control
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any strategy the company uses is evaluated
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what are the 4 steps in control/evaluation process
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establish standards, measure preformance, compare preformance to standard, take corrective action
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what are the four components of a service industry
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intangibility,inseperability,variability,perishability(short lived)
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what are the four types of products
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convenience, shopping products, specialty or luxury,unsought product
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convenience products
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intensive distribution(sold everywhere)(think country store)
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Shopping products
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selective distribution(select stores in select neighborhoods
clothing, electronics
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special luxury products
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diamonds, cars
exclusive distribution(can be anywhere/people will travel for quality)
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what is unsought product
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life insurance, sales person convinces you
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what are the four types of layouts
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product layout, process layout, fixed position, cellular layou
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product layout
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organization is making one product, everything is established around it
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process layout
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conveyor belt
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fixed position layout
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product does not move workers do
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cellular layout
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related products are made certain path followed
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automation
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technology used
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what are the 2 main reasons for unemployment in the us
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technology, outsourcing
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inventory
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whats in stock
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JIT inventory
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what is in stock
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TQM(total quality managment
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company is concerned about quality of product
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Information/IT
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data/information technology
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Internet
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world wide web
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intranet
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network within the company only
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extranet
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connections to suppliers
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what are the three forms of informal communication
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nonverbal, gossip, and managing by wandering
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gossip
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also known as the grapevine, can be accurate can also be inaccurate
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what are the three types of nonverbal communication
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images,setting,body language
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what are the four barriers to communication
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1- Conflicting Cue-open door policy but the door is always closed(say one thing do another)
2- Lack of credibility- tends to say wrong things
3- Reluctance to communicate
4- ****Poor listening skills-
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what are the six organizational barriers to communication
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1- Semantics: different words mean different things to different people
2- Status or Power: not talking to lower employees because you are upper level
3- Different perceptions: different views
4- Noise
5- Overload: too much work/cant communicate
6- Different languages
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what are the five types of teams
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functional group, informal group, task group, self managed teams, cross functional teams
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what is a functional group
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grouped based on function
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informal/interest group
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intrumurals, groups ran by non top people
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