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Organization
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A group of 2 or more people working together to achieve a common set of goals
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2 or more people working together
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Organization Chart
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A diagram that represents the positions and relationships within an organization
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Diagram
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Chain of Command
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The line of authority that extends from the highest to the lowest levels of an organization
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The line of authority that extends from the highest to the lowest
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Job Specialization
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The seperation of all organizational activities into distinct tasks and the assignment of different tasks to different people
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The seperation of all organizational activities into distinct tasks
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Departmentalization
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The process of grouping jobs into manageable units
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The process of grouping jobs
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Deparmentalization by Function
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Grouping jobs that relate to the same organizational activity
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Grouping jobs
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Deparmentalization by Product
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Grouping activites related to a particular product or service
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Grouping activites related to a particular
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Departmentalization by Location
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Grouping activities according to the defined geographic area in which they are performed
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Grouping activities according to the defined geographic area
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Departmentalization by Customer
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Grouping activites according to the needs of various customer populations
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Grouping activites according to the needs
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Delegation
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Assigning a part of a manager's work and power to other workers
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Assigning a part of a manager's work and power
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Responsibility
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The duty to do a job or perform a task
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do a job or perform a task
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Authority
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The power, within the organization to accomplish an assigned job or task
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accomplish an assigned job or task
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Accountability
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The obligation of a worker to accomplish an assigned job or task
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The obligation of a worker
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Decentralize Organization
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An organization in which management consciously attempts to spread authority widely in the lower lecels of the organization.
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An organization in which management consciously attempts
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Centralized Organization
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An organization that systematically works to concentrate authority at the upper levels of the organization
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An organization that systematically works to concentrate authority
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Span of Management (or control)
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The number of workers who report directly to one manager
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One manager
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Organizational Height
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The number of layers, or levels of management in a firm
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Layers or levels
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Line Management
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A position that is part of the chain of command and that includes direct responsibility for acheiving the goals of the organization
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A position that is part of the chain of command
acheiving the goals |
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Staff Management Position
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A position created to provide support, advice and expertise within an organiztion
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A position created to provide support, advice and expertise
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Bureaucratic Structure
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A management system based on a formal framework of authority that is carefully outlined and precisley followed
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A management system based on a formal framework of authority
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Matrix Structure
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An organizational structure that combines vertical and horizontal lines of authority, usually by superimposing product deparmentalized organization
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An organizational structure that combines vertical and horizontal lines of authority
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Cross-Functional Team
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A group of employees from different departments who work together on a specific project
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A group of employees from different departments who work together
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Cluster Structure
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An organization in which administration is the primary function and most other functions are contracted out to other firms
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An organization in which administration is the primary function
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Network Structure
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An organization in which administration is the primary function and most other functions are contracted out to other firms.
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most other functions are contracted out to other firms.
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Corporate Culture
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The inner rites, rituals, heroes and values of a firm
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The inner rites, rituals
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Intraprenuer
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An employee who pushes an innovative idea, product or process through the organization
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An employee who pushes an innovative idea
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Ad-Hoc Committee
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A committee created for a specific short-term purpose
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A committee created for a specific short-term
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Standing Committee
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A relatively permanent committee charged with performing some recurring task
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A relatively permanent committee
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Task Force
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A committee established to investigate a major problem or pending decision
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investigate a major problem or pending decision
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Managerial Hierarchy
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The arrangement that provides increasing authority at higher levels of management
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The arrangement that provides increasing authority
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Informal Organization
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The pattern of behavior that stems from personal rather than official relationships.
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The pattern of behavior that stems from...relationships.
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Informal Group
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A group created by the members themselves to accomplish goals that may or may not be relevant to the organization
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accomplish goals that may or may not be relevant to the organization
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Grapevine
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The infomal communications network within an organization
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Informal communications network
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Job Rotation
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The systematic shifting of employees from one job to another
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Systematic shifting
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