Monday, December 10, 2007

Glossary from Contemporary Management (Jones, George & Hill)

  • career plateau: a position from which the chances of being
    promoted or obtaining a more responsible job are slight.
  • benchmarking: comparing performance on specific dimensions
    with the performance of high-performing organizations.
  • satisficing: searching for and choosing an acceptable, or
    satisfactory response to problems and opportunities,
    rather than trying to make the best decision.
  • social audit: a tool that allows managers to analyze the profitability
    and social returns of socially responsible actions.
  • self-efficacy: a person's belief about his or her ability
    to perform a behavior or a task successfully.
  • whistle-blower: a person who reports illegal or unethical behavior.
  • problem-focused coping: the actions people take
    to deal directly with the source of their stress.
  • organizational politics: activities that managers engage in to
    increase their power and to use power effectively to achieve their
    goals and overcome resistance or opposition.
  • management: the planning, organizing, leading, and controlling of
    resources to achieve organizational goals effectively and efficiently.
  • grapevine: an informal communication network along
    which unofficial information flows
  • filtering: withholding part of a message out of the mistaken belief
    that the receiver does not need or will not want the information.

DS 100

1. "unholy alliance" 2. power and control 3. development 4. value-free Social Science 5. social situatedness when the DS Program w...