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Efficiency - ANSWER a measure of how productively resources are used to achieve a
goal
Effectiveness - ANSWER a measure of the appropriateness of the goals that managers
have selected for the organization to pursue and the degree to which the organization
achieves those goals
Planning - ANSWER identifying and selecting appropriate goals
3 steps of planning - ANSWER 1. Determining which goals the organization will pursue
2. Deciding which strategies to adopt to attain those goals
3. Deciding how to allocate organizational resources to pursue the strategies to attain those
goals
Organizing - ANSWER Structuring working relationships so organizational members
interact and cooperate to achieve organizational goals
Organizational structure - ANSWER a formal system of task and reporting relationships
that coordinates and motivates organizational members so they work together to achieve
organizational goals
Leading - ANSWER articulating a clear vision and energizing and enabling
organizational members so they understand the part they play in achieving organizational
goals
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, Controlling - ANSWER Evaluating how well an organization is achieving its goals and
taking action to maintain or improve performance
Job design - ANSWER The process by which managers decide how to divide tasks into
specific jobs
Job simplification - ANSWER the process of reducing the number of tasks a worker
performs
Job enlargement - ANSWER increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by
changing the division of labor
Job enrichment - ANSWER increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over
his or her job
Skill variety - ANSWER the extent to which a job requires that an employee use a wide
range of different skills, abilities, or knowledge
Task identity - ANSWER the extent to which a job requires a worker to perform all the
tasks needed to complete the job from beginning to end
task significance - ANSWER The degree to which a worker feels his or her job is
meaningful because of its effect on people inside the organization, such as coworkers, or on
people outside the organization, such as customers.
Autonomy - ANSWER The degree to which a job gives an employee the freedom and
discretion needed to schedule different tasks and decide how to carry them out.
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Efficiency - ANSWER a measure of how productively resources are used to achieve a
goal
Effectiveness - ANSWER a measure of the appropriateness of the goals that managers
have selected for the organization to pursue and the degree to which the organization
achieves those goals
Planning - ANSWER identifying and selecting appropriate goals
3 steps of planning - ANSWER 1. Determining which goals the organization will pursue
2. Deciding which strategies to adopt to attain those goals
3. Deciding how to allocate organizational resources to pursue the strategies to attain those
goals
Organizing - ANSWER Structuring working relationships so organizational members
interact and cooperate to achieve organizational goals
Organizational structure - ANSWER a formal system of task and reporting relationships
that coordinates and motivates organizational members so they work together to achieve
organizational goals
Leading - ANSWER articulating a clear vision and energizing and enabling
organizational members so they understand the part they play in achieving organizational
goals
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, Controlling - ANSWER Evaluating how well an organization is achieving its goals and
taking action to maintain or improve performance
Job design - ANSWER The process by which managers decide how to divide tasks into
specific jobs
Job simplification - ANSWER the process of reducing the number of tasks a worker
performs
Job enlargement - ANSWER increasing the number of different tasks in a given job by
changing the division of labor
Job enrichment - ANSWER increasing the degree of responsibility a worker has over
his or her job
Skill variety - ANSWER the extent to which a job requires that an employee use a wide
range of different skills, abilities, or knowledge
Task identity - ANSWER the extent to which a job requires a worker to perform all the
tasks needed to complete the job from beginning to end
task significance - ANSWER The degree to which a worker feels his or her job is
meaningful because of its effect on people inside the organization, such as coworkers, or on
people outside the organization, such as customers.
Autonomy - ANSWER The degree to which a job gives an employee the freedom and
discretion needed to schedule different tasks and decide how to carry them out.
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