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Organizational Management
Organizational Management Terms and Theory 1
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Undergraduate 4
02/06/2011

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Transactional Leadership
Definition
transactional leadership A leadership style based on the setting of clear goals and objectives for followers and the use of rewards and punishments to encourage compliance.
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Procedural justice
Definition
Procedural justice is concerned with making and implementing decisions according to fair processes.
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Distributive justice
Definition
Distributive justice concerns what some consider to be socially just with respect to the allocation of goods in a society.
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individualistic
Definition
a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action
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collectivism
Definition
the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.
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Power-Distance
Definition
is the distance a person feels or keeps between themselves and a person in a position of power.
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Masculinity
Definition
having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength and boldness.
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Feminitity
Definition
the quality of being feminine; womanliness
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Time oriented
Definition
1. Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances.
2. Determine one's position with reference to another point
3. Familiarise (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances.
4. Adjust to a specific need or market.




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self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true,
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firt impresion error
Definition
Occurs when a manager or interviewer bases his or her entire assessment of an employee or applicant on the first impression that the employee or applicant made
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orginizational citizenship
Definition
Extent to which an individual's voluntary support and behavior contributes to the organization's success.
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Machiavellian
Definition
displays a pessimistic view of human nature and condones opportunistic and unethical ways of manipulating people. One of its suggestions reads, "Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature
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Affective component
Definition
How we feel about a topic or an activity has a strong influence on our willingness to study that topic or to engage in that activity
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Affective component
Definition
How we feel about a topic or an activity has a strong influence on our willingness to study that topic or to engage in that activity
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Congnitive Components
Definition
A description of or belief in way things are
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Behavioral Component
Definition
In human resource management, analysis of employees' actions to identify behavior patterns that (for a specific job or function) separate an effective employee from a less effective or non-performing employee.
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Glass cellings
Definition
Invisible but real barrier through which the next stage or level of advancement can be seen, but cannot be reached by a section of qualified and deserving employees. Such barriers exist due to implicit prejudice on the basis of age, ethnicity, political or religious affiliation, and/or sex. Although generally illegal, such practices prevalent in most countries.
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expatriate
Definition
A person who has citizenship in at least one country, but who is living in another country. Most expatriates only stay in the foreign country for a certain period of time, and plan to return to their home country eventually, although there are some who never return to their country of citizenship.
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Whistle Blower
Definition
Snitch or A whistleblower is a person who raises a concern about alleged wrongdoing occurring in a government or governmental entity or a private or public corporation or an organization or agency that is expected, by the public at large, to be operating within the bounds of the law.
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Projection Bias
Definition
•Psychological projection or projection bias (including Freudian Projection) is the unconscious act of denial of a person's own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, such as to the weather, the government, a tool, or to other people.
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Attribuion theory
Definition
It incorporates behavior modification in the sense that it emphasizes the idea that learners are strongly motivated by the pleasant outcome of being able to feel good about themselves. It incorporates cognitive theory and self-efficacy theory in the sense that it emphasizes that learners' current self-perceptions will strongly influence the ways in which they will interpret the success or failure of their current efforts and hence their future tendency to perform these same behaviors.
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Counterproductive
Definition
thwarting the achievement of an intended goal; tending to defeat one's purpose: Living on credit while trying to save money is counterproductive.
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Organization Culture
Definition
is an idea in the field of organizational studies and management which describes the psychology, attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values (personal and cultural values) of an organization. It has been defined as "the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization
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Organizational Behavior
Definition
Organizational studies, sometimes known as organizational science, encompass the systematic study and careful application of knowledge about how people act within organizations
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