WGU C483 - Principles of Management Terms

Accommodation - Answer A style of dealing with conflict involving cooperation on behalf of the other party but not being assertive about one's own interests Accountability - Answer The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report upward on the status and quality of their performance Accounting audits - Answer Procedures used to verify accounting reports and statements Acquisition - Answer One firm buying another Activity-based costing (ABC) - Answer A method of cost accounting designed to identify streams of activity and then to allocate costs across particular business processes according to the amount of time employees devote to particular activities Adapters - Answer Companies that take the current industry structure and its evolution as givens, and choose where to compete Adverse impact - Answer When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected group Advertising support model - Answer Charging fees to advertise on a site Affective conflict - Answer Emotional disagreement directed toward other people