MGT/316T Managing With a Global Mindset
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Decision-Making & Leadership
Front: Term Back: Definition
Vroom-Yetton Model Framework that helps leaders determine the
appropriate level of involvement of others in
decision-making.
Overconfidence Trap Overestimating one's abilities in a way that can
hide risks and hazards.
Adaptive Decision-Making Style A flexible decision-making style responsive to
changing situations.
Anchoring Initial information heavily influences later
decisions, even when it is unreasonable or
biased.
Autocratic Decision-Making Style A centralized style in which the manager or
leader makes the decision alone.
Availability Trap Making choices based on information that is
easiest to access or remember.
Bounded Rationality Model Seeking a satisficing solution under constraints
of knowledge, time, and cognitive capacity.
Confirmation Bias Seeking information that supports existing
beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
Consultative Decision-Making Style Leader seeks input from others but retains final
decision authority.
Delegative Decision-Making Style Leader shifts decision authority to team
members.
Democratic Decision-Making Style Collaborative and inclusive decision-making.
Groupthink Conforming to majority opinion to maintain
harmony.
Intuitive Decision-Making Decisions based on experience and instincts.
Political Decision-Making Model Decisions influenced by power and interests.
Rational Decision-Making Model A structured problem-solving process.
Sunk Cost Trap Justifying past decisions instead of focusing on
future outcomes.
Cultural Intelligence & Global HR
Front: Term Back: Definition
Expatriate Employee assigned by a company to live in a
country other than their country of citizenship.
Motivational CQ Value placed on cross-cultural interactions and
belief in one's ability to function effectively.
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