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04/20/2009

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Peter F. Drucker
Definition
the father of modern management
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management is directed toward...
Definition
objectives
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IBM's price/performance Ratio
Definition
price goes down 25% while performance goes up 35% each year
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Total Quality Management (TQM)
Definition
continuous, customer centered, employee driven improvement
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ethics
Definition
personal code of conduct
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ethnocentrism
Definition
belief that your culture is superior to others
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organizational culture
Definition
shared things, sayings, doings, and feeling
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congruency
Definition
organizational goals must equal personal goals
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low context cultures
Definition
primary meaning comes from written and spoken words, fast
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high context cultures
Definition
primary meaning comes from nonverbal situational clues, slow
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Maslow's Need Hierarchy
Definition
Physiological- food, water & air
• Safety- protection from physical &
psychological harm
• Love- belonging, love and affection (need
best met by organizations)
• Esteem- reputation, prestige, & recognition
• Self-actualization- self fulfillment
(a strictly ordered hierarchy, low to high)
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Alderfer's ERG theory
Definition
• Existence- physiological & materialistic
well being
• Relatedness- meaningful relationships
• Growth- grow as a human and use one’s
abilities to the fullest
(not an ordered hierarchy, three basic needs
that influence behavior)
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McClelland's N Ach
Definition
• Need for Achievement- desire to
accomplish the difficult (greatest driver to
an entrepreneur)
• Need for Affiliation- social relationships
• Need for Power-desire to influence,
coach, teach, or encourage others to
achieve
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Hygiene Factors (Herzberg)
Definition
short lasting, job context,
relationship with boss, working conditions
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Motivator Factors (Herzberg)
Definition
long lasting, job content,
growth, responsibility, recognition, learning
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Vrooms expectancy theory
Definition
Holds that people are motivated to behave
in ways that produce valued outcomes:
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expectancy (Vroom)
Definition
effort to performance link
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instrumentality (Vroom)
Definition
performance to outcome perception
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Valence (Vroom)
Definition
value of the outcome
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job enrichment
Definition
adds responsibility
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360 degree feedback
Definition
comparison of
anonymous feedback from one’s superior,
subordinates, and peers, along with selfperceptions
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intrinsic rewards
Definition
self granted, psychic
rewards.
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extrinsic rewards
Definition
financial, material, or
social rewards from the environment
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Rule of 72
Definition
72/interest rate = number of years for investment to double
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Rules to get rich in America
Definition
• have a reasonable income base (about 4% of Americans
have a net worth of $1 million, half with incomes less than
$131,000
• take compounding seriously early in life ($2,000 a year from age 22 to 65 at 15% equals $6 million, $13 million at 70
• save a lot and do it early in life
• avoid “irresistible” (frivolous) temptations
• take some risks
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