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MGT Exam 4 Ch 11
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Management
Undergraduate 3
03/10/2012

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Control Systems
Definition
Formal target-setting, monitoring, evaluation, and feedback systems that provide mangers with info about how well the organization's strategy and strcture are working
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Feedforward Control
Definition
Control that llows mangers to anticipate problems before they arise
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Concurrent Control
Definition
Control that gives mangers immediate feedback on how efficiently inputs are being transformed into outputs so that mangers can correct problems as they arise
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Feedback Control
Definition
Control that gives managers info about customers reactions to goods and services so that corrective action can be taken if necessary
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The Control Process
Definition
1. Estalbish the standards of performance, goals, or target against which performance is to be evaluated
2. Measure actual performance
3. Compare actual peformance against chosen standards of performance
4. Evaluate the result and initiate corrective action (that is, make changes) if the standard is not being achieved
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Operating Budget
Definition
A budget that states how managers intend to use organizational resources to achieve org goals
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Main Output Controls
Definition
Financial Measures of Perf
Organizational Goals
Operating Budgets
Problems with Output Control
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Main behavior controls
Definition
Direct Supervision
MBO Management by Objectives
Bureaucratic Control
Clan Control
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Management by Objecitves
Definition
A goal setting process in which a manager and each of his or her subordinates negotitate specific goals and objectives for the subordinate to achieve and then periodically evaluate the extent to which the subordinate is achieving those goals
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Bureaucratic Control
Definition
Control of behavior by means of a comprehensive system of rules and standard operating procedures
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Clan Control
Definition
The control exerted on individuals and groups in an organization by shred values, norms, standards of behavior, and expectations
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Org Change
Definition
The movement of an organization away from its present state and toward some desired future state to increas its efficiency and effectiveness
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Evoloutionary Change
Definition
Change that is gradual, incremental, and narrowly focused
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Revoloutionary Change
Definition
Change that is rapid, dramatic, and broadly focused
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Top-down change
Definition
A fast, revoloutionary approach to change in which top managers identify what needs to be changed and then move quickly to implement the changes throughout the org
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Bottom up change
Definition
A gradual or evoloutionary approach to change in which managers at all levels work together to develop a detailed plan for change
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Benchmarking
Definition
The process of comparing one company's performance on specific dimensions with the performance of other, high-performing organizations
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