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Flashcards by simone-rodriguez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by simone-rodriguez
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Define 'management' according to the older model (Samson and Daft, 2012) | Management is the attainment of organisational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organising, leading and controlling organisational resources. |
| Define 'managers' according to the contemporary model (Samson and Daft, 2012) | Managers are people who co-ordinate all the resources of an organisation to ensure that its goals are achieved effectively and efficiently. |
| What is an organisation? | An organisation has a distinct purpose, a deliberate structure and the most important aspect, is comprised by people. Organisations are people with a common purpose arranged into a purpose-driven structure. |
| What is coordination? | Coordination is the act of working together. Making different people or things work together for a goal or effect. |
| What do managers coordinate? | Managers coordinate all resources of an organisation such as people, equipment, finances, innovation, development and change. |
| What is organisational performance? | Organisational performance is the organisation's ability to attain its goals by using resources in an effective and efficient manner. |
| Define effectiveness | Effectiveness is the extent to which the organisation achieves a stated goal. |
| Define efficiency | Efficiency is the use of minimal resources, raw materials, money and people, to produce a desired volume of output. That is, maximum output through minimum input thus resulting in low wastage of resources. |
| Organisational structure consists of what types of management? | Organisational structure consists of two management types, a vertical and horizontal structure. |
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