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OB FINAL
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Business
Undergraduate 2
05/09/2011

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Term
rational choice paradigm
Definition
people make decisions based on pure logic and rationality
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rational choice decision-making process
Definition
1. identify problem or opportunity
2. choose the best decision process
3. develop alternate solutions
4. choose the best alternative
5. implement the selected alternative
6. evaluate decision outcomes
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issues with problem identification
Definition
1. stakeholder framing
2. perceptual defense
3. mental models
4. decisive leadership
5. solution-focused problems
Term
bounded rationality
Definition
processing limited info and satisficing rather than maximizing when choosing bw alternatives
Term
escalation of commitment
Definition
tendency to repeat an apparently bad decision or allocate more resources to a failing course of action
Term
self justification
Definition
individuals are motivated to maintain their course of action when they have a high need to justify their decision
Term
prospect theory
Definition
take fewer risks to gain and more risks to avoid losses
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perceptual blinders
Definition
unconsciously screen out or explain away negative information to protect self-esteem
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closing costs
Definition
when a projects success is in doubt decision makers will persist bc the costs of ending are high/unknown
Term
employee involvement aka participative management
Definition
degree to which employees influence how their work is organized and carried out
-improves problem identification
-creates synergy
Term
creative process model
Definition
preparation->incubation->insight->verification
Term
power vs legitimate power
Definition
the ability to influence others vs an agreement that people in certain roles can request certain behaviors of others
Term
coercive power
Definition
the ability to apply punishment
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referent power
Definition
people have referent power when others respect and identify with them
Term
centrality
Definition
degree of interdependence bw the powerholder and others
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ingratiation and impression management
Definition
attempt to increase liking and the practice of actively shaping our public images
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inoculation effect
Definition
persuasive strategy of warning listeners that others will try to influence them in the future and they should be wary of arguments
Term
influence tactics
Definition
silent authority, assertiveness, information control,coalition formation, upward appeal, ingratiation and impression management, persuasion, exchange

consequences: commitment, compliance, resistanceo
Term
organizational politics
Definition
behaviors perceived as self serving at the expense of others
Term
machiavellian values
Definition
deceit is a natural and acceptable way to influence others
Term
media richness theory
Definition
3 factors that override medium's richness:
1. the ability to multicommunicate
2. more varied proficiency levels
4. social distractions of rich channels
Term
active listening
Definition
sensing,evaluating, responding
Term
separating constructive from relationship conflict
Definition
emotional intelligence, cohesive team, supportive team norms
Term
conflict process model
Definition
sources of conflict->conflict perceptions and emotions (conflict escalation)->manifest conflict->conflict outcomes
Term
sources of conflict
Definition
incompatible goals, differentiation, interdependence, scarce resources, ambiguous rules, communication problems
Term
conflict handing styles
Definition
1. problem solving: win win orientation
2. forcing: win lose orientation
3. avoiding
4. yielding
5. compromising
Term
superordinate goal
Definition
a goal that both parties value but cannot achieve alone
Term
types of 3rd party intervention
Definition
mediation, inquisition, arbitration
Term
path-goal leadership theory
Definition
based on the expectancy theory of motivation, employees who perform their jobs well have a higher degree of need fulfillment than employees who perform poorly

-employee/environmental contingencies
-leadership behaviors/effectiveness
Term
path-goal leadership styles
Definition
-directive
-supportive
-participative
-achievement oriented
Term
transformational leadership
Definition
leaders create, communicate, and model a vision and inspire employees to strive for that vision
Term
transactional leadership
Definition
managing. helping org's achieve current objectives more efficiently and ensuring that employees have the resources needed
Term
charismatic leadership
Definition
the highest form of transactional leadership where leaders have power through charisma as a tool to change behavior
Term
elements of transformational leadership
Definition
1. creating a strategic vision
2. communicating the vision
3. modeling the vision
4. building commitment toward the vision
Term
implicit leadership theory
Definition
people evaluate a leader's effectiveness in terms of how well that person fits preconceived beliefs about the features and behaviors of effective leaders (leadership prototypes), and they tend to inflate the influence of leaders on organizational events
Term
a strong corporate culture potentially increases the company's success by serving three important functions:
Definition
1. control system
2. social glue
3. sense-making
Term
attraction-selection-attrition theory
Definition
organizations attract, select, and retain people with the same values as the organization
Term
bicultural audit
Definition
process that diagnoses relations bw the companies determining the extent to which cultural clashes will occur
Term
strategies to merge different organizational cultures
Definition
-assimilation
-deculturation
-integration
-separation
Term
lewin's force field analysis model
Definition

helps change agents diagnose the forces that drive and restrain proposed organizational change

 

-driving and restraining forces

-change occurs by unfreezing the current situation, moving to a desired condition, and then refreezing the system so it stays in that desired state

Term
action research approach
Definition
meaningful change is a combination of action orientation (changing attitudes and behavior) and research orientation (testing theory)
1. form client-consultant relationship
2. diagnose the need for change
3. introduce intervention
4. evaluate and stabilize change
Term
appreciative inquiry
Definition
change strategy that directs the groups attention away from its own problems and focuses participants on the groups potential and positive elements
1.discovery
2.dreaming
3.designing
4.delivering
Term
parallel learning structures
Definition
highly participative.people from most levels of the org who follow the action research model to produce meaningful organizational change
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