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MADM CH 6-7

Brittany Shurack MADM undergraduate English 54 cards

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  1. 1Organization structure DesignWhat are the basic elements of organizing?
  2. 2Job descriptionDegree to which the overall task of the organization is broken down and divided into smaller component parts
  3. 3rotation enlargement enrichment characteristics approach work teamsFive alternative approaches
  4. 4systematically moving employees from one job to anotherJob rotation
  5. 5increase the total number of tasks workers performjob enlargement
  6. 6attempts to increase both the number of tasks a worker does and the control the worker has over the jobjob enrichment
  7. 7jobs should be diagnosed and improved along five core dimensions, taking into account both the work system and employee referencesjob characteristics approach
  8. 8Skill variety task identity task significance autonomy feedbackFive core dimensions for characteristics approach
  9. 9Allows an entire group to design the work system, it will use to perform an interrelated set of tasksWork teams
  10. 10Process of grouping jobs according to some logical arrangementDepartmentalization
  11. 11grouping jobs involving the same or similar activitiesFunctional departmentalization
  12. 12grouping activities around products or product groupsProduct departmentalization
  13. 13Grouping activities respond to and interact with specific customers or customer groupscustomer departmentalization
  14. 14Grouping jobs on the basis of defined geographic sites or areasLocation departmentalization
  15. 15clear and distinct line of authority among the positions in an organizationchain of command
  16. 16number of people who report to a particular managerSpan of management
  17. 17Power that has been legitimized by the organizationAuthority
  18. 18process by which a manager assigns a portion of his/her total workloads to othersDelegation
  19. 19process of systematically delegating power and authority throughout the organization to middle and lower-level managersDecentralization
  20. 20process of systematically retaining power and authority in the hands of higher-level managerscentralization
  21. 21process of linking the activities of the various departments of the organizationCoordination
  22. 22When units operate with little interaction; their output is pooled at the organizational levelPooled interdependence
  23. 23When the output of one unit becomes the input for another in a sequential fashionSequential interdependence
  24. 24When activities flow both ways between unitsReciprocal interdependence
  25. 25a model of organization design based on a legitimate and formal system of authorityBureaucracy
  26. 26Based on the assumption that the optimal design for any given organization depends on a set of relevant situational factorssituational view of organization design
  27. 27Conversion process used to transform inputs to outputsTechnology
  28. 28Similar to the bureaucratic model, most frequently found in stable environmentsMechanistic organization
  29. 29Very flexible and informal model of organization design, most often found in unstable and unpredictable environmentsOrganic organization
  30. 30Extent to which the organization is broken down into subunitsDifferentiation
  31. 31Degree to which the various subunits must work together in a coordinated fashionIntegration
  32. 32Total number of full-time or full-time-equivalent employeesOrganizational size
  33. 33Progression through which organizations evolve as they grow and matureOrganizational life cycle
  34. 34Based on the functionaL approach to departmentalizationFunctional design
  35. 35Used by an organization made up of a set of unrelated businessesConglomerate design
  36. 36Based on multiple businesses inn related areas operating within a larger organizational frameworkDividsional design
  37. 37Based on two overlapping bases of departmentalizationMatrix design
  38. 38An approach to organization design that relies almost exclusively on project-type teams, with little or no underlying hierarchyTeam organization
  39. 39One that has little or no formal structureVirtual organization
  40. 40One that works to facilitate the lifelong learning and personal development of all its employees while continually transforming itself to respond to changing demands and needsLearning organization
  41. 41Any substantive modification to some part of the organizationOrganization change
  42. 42Change that is designed and implemented in an orderly and timely fashion in anticipation of future eventsPlanned change
  43. 43Piecemeal response to circumstances as they developReactive change
  44. 44Large-scale information system for integrating and synchronizing the many activities in the extended enterpriseEnterprise resource planning
  45. 45Radical redesign of all aspects of a business to achieve major gains in cost, service, or timeBusiness process change
  46. 46An effort that is planned, organization-wide, managed from the top, intended to increase organizational effectiveness and health through planned interventions in the organization's process, using behavioral science knowledgeOrganization development (OD)
  47. 47Managed effort of an organization to develop new products or services or new uses for existing products or servicesInnovation
  48. 48New product, service, or technology that completely replaces an existing oneRadical innovations
  49. 49new product, service, or technology that modifies an existing oneIncremetal innovations
  50. 50Change in the appearance or performance of products or services of the physical processes through which a product or service passesTechnical innovations
  51. 51Change in the management process in an organizationManagerial innovations
  52. 52Change in the physical characteristics or performances of an existing product or service or the creation of a new product pr serviceProduct innovations
  53. 53Change in the way a product or service is manufactured, created, or distributedProcess innovations
  54. 54Similar to entrepreneurs except that they develop new businesses in the context of a large organizationIntrapreneurs

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undergraduate MADM Flashcards on MADM CH 6-7, created by Brittany Shurack on 31/03/2022.
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