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NDSU MIS 320 Exam 1-Questions with Correct Answers/VerifiedManagement - ✔✔The attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient
manner though planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources.
OUR definition of magagement - ✔✔Getting things done through others
Goal - ✔✔A desired future state of affairs
Effective - ✔✔Reaching goals
Efficient - ✔✔Using the least amount of resources
Planning - ✔✔- set goals
- develop strategies
- defining actions
- determining resources needed
Organizing - ✔✔-Defining groups = grouping tasks
-Grouping jobs = departmentalization
-Defining lines of authority = creating structure
Examples of Functional Groups - ✔✔- Marketing
- Finance
- Production
- Accounting
- HR
Determine Lines of Authority - ✔✔Authority is a right invested in a job
- make decisions
, - give orders
- allocate resources
Line of Authority - ✔✔Who can tell who what to do
Henri Fayol - ✔✔Identified the 4 functions of management
4 functions of management - ✔✔1. Plan
2. Organize
3. Lead
4. Control
Contingent Theory - ✔✔What the best action is for a manager to take, depending on the
situation
Leadership in the 1970's - ✔✔USED to study only political and military
Leading - ✔✔Communicating direction and motivating
Communication - ✔✔Most of the time when a person fails to preform their job well, its
because they didn't understand what they were supposed to do
Motivation - ✔✔Individual goals (personal) are not going to match the organizations goals in
many instances
Controlling - ✔✔Measuring performance, comparing performance to goals, making
adjustments if necessary
*Management Roles*
Top Management - ✔✔- Focus on long term
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