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Organizational Design - ️️The process by which managers make specific organizing choices that result in a particular kind of organizational structure If you found this helpful, *Venmo* me @*ASerros* to show your appreciation! Good luck! - ️️ What factors affect the *Organizational Structure*? - ️️Organizational Environment, Technology, Human Resources, Strategy Organizational Structure - ️️A formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates o...

historical perspective - ️️Includes three viewpoints: (1) Classical (2) Behavioral (3) Quantitative learning organization - ️️An organization that actively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge within itself and is able to modify its behavior to reflect new knowledge. (1) Creating and acquiring knowledge (2) Transferring knowledge (3) Modifying behavior behavioral science - ️️Relies on scientific research for developing theories about human behavior that can be used t...

Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - ️️is a personality test in which participants answer several questions about their preferences. Barriers to Control Success - ️️Too much control , to little participation , overemphasizing means instead of ends MBTI Four Dimensions of ranks - ️️Social Interaction (extrovert or introvert), Data gathering preference (sensing or intuitive), Decision making preference (feeling or thinking), Decision making style (perceptive or judgmental) Five...

management - ️️the pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively by integrating the work of people through planning, organizing, leading and controlling the organization's resources top managers - ️️make long-term decisions about the overall direction of the organization and establish the objectives, policies, and strategies for it organization - ️️a group of people who work together to achieve some specific purpose efficiency - ️️means to use resources-pe...

Issues like privacy, health and safety, and due process that are described as basic rights are typically tied to which of the following approaches to deciding ethical dilemmas? - ️️Moral rights In considering a large-scale layoff, a manager performs a cost-benefit analysis and determines that profits will be greatest if she proceeds. She is using the ______ approach to guide her decision regarding an ethical dilemma. - ️️utilitarian Which of the following is a method by which a com...

An unseen barrier that stops minority groups and women from attaining high positions in organizations, despite adequate experience and qualifications, is: - ️️Glass Ceiling Effect Douglas McGregor identifies two main approaches to management: Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor states that managers who subscribe to either theory will create a___________ - ️️self-fulfilling prophecy When prejudice becomes active, it turns into _________, a time when members of a group are given unfair ...

trend analysis - ️️constructing and applying statistical models that predict labor demand for the next year, given relatively objective statistics from the previous year Forecasting - ️️the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will be labor shortages or surpluses Strategic Management - ️️a process that involves managers from all parts of the organization in the formulation and th...

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Critical Non-Routine Skills that an Intro to MIS Course Can Help you Learn - ️️- Abstract reasoning - Systems Thinking - Collaboration - Experimentation Characteristics of the Five Components - ️️•Most Important Component - YOU! -Your cognitive skills determine quality of your thinking, ability to conceive information from data. -You add value to information and information systems. •Only humans produce information. •All components must work together. Information Technol...

Non-Routine Skills - ️️Abstract Reasoning System Thinking Collaboration Experimentation What is the goal of MIS? - ️️uses information systems to create a sustainable competitive advantage What makes something good information? - ️️requires that data be accurate and timely What is an information system? - ️️the assembly of hardware, software, data, procedures and people Five Component Framework - ️️elements and concept of moving activity from people to computers Wh...

ROI - ️️Return on Investment Number of alternatives - ️️constantly increasing due to innovation in technology, improved communications, global markets, internet, and e-business Business analytics - ️️a subset of BI based on statistics, prediction, and optimization Questions BI can answer... - ️️What happened? How many? How often? Where is the problem? What actions are needed? Questions business analytics can answer... - ️️Why is this happening? What will happen if the...

Porter's Five Forces - ️️threat of entry threat of substitute supplier power buyer power competitive rivalry Threat of New Entry - ️️Time and cost of entry Specialist knowledge Economies of scale Cost advantages Technology protection Barriers to entry Primary activities in the value chain - ️️Direct activities of producing, selling and delivering outputs Secondary activities in the value chain - ️️are not directly involved in the evolution of a product but instea...

Groupthink is a phenomenon where the desire for group cohesion leads to improved decision making. - ️️False According to J. Richard Hackman, which of the following is a primary criterion for judging team success? - ️️Successful Outcome The Information Age is a period in history where the production, distribution, and control of information is the primary driver of the economy. - ️️True The Digital Revolution was the conversion from mechanical and analog devices to digital devi...

Criteria for Successful Collaboration - ️️successful outcome, growth in team capability, meaningful and satisfying experience Metcalfe's Law - ️️the value of a network is equal to the square of the number of users connected to it Minimal Collaboration Tool Set - ️️Has the minimum possible set of tools. You should be able to collaborate with your team, though you will get little support from the software. Ex: email or file server Nielsen's Law - ️️network connection s...

Strategies for Competitive Advantage - ️️-cost leadership strategy -differentiation strategy -innovation strategy -operational effectiveness strategy -customer orientation strategy Primary Activities - ️️the production and distribution of products and services. These activities create value for which customers are willing to pay Big Picture of Organization - ️️Industry structure, competitive strategy, value chains, business processes, information systems Industry Structure -...

randsomware - ️️malicious software that holds data or a system hostage until an attacker's demands are met virus - ️️malicious software that attaches itself to a legitimate file so that it might infect other systems when that file is shared trojan horse - ️️an executable program that appears to be something useful but is actually harmful worms - ️️malicious software that spreads to other systems on the network without the assistance of humans spyware - ️️malicious ...

Information Security - ️️Protecting an organizations information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. Cyberterrorism - ️️Can be defined as premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data that results in violence against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents. Alien Software - ️️Clandestine software that is installed on y...

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History of Sports Marketing - ️️Admission charged for baseball game in 1858 Endorsement deal in 1923 Pay-per-view boxing match in 1975 ESPN debuted in 1979 Discretionary Income - ️️The amount of money people can spend after paying for necessities. Channel Management - ️️Determining the best way to get a company's products or services to consumers. Pricing - ️️Process of establishing and communicating to consumers the value or costs of goods and services. Marketing-In...

Embodied cognition - ️️focuses on the close links between our minds and the positioning, experiences, and actions of our bodies (ex: students sitting straight up have higher self-esteem than those sitting in a slumped position) The scientific method - ️️a set of techniques used to investigate a phenomenon. Hindsight Bias - ️️the tendency to be overconfident about whether we could have predicted an already known outcome Confirmation Bias - ️️the tendency to seek out and favo...