Self-Check “Flash Cards” Chapter 2 The Manageement Movement Self Check Flash Cards • Each slide will present a term‚ concept‚ or question. • Formulate a mental response (answer). • In 7 seconds a correct response will appear. • Check your answer. • Click the “right” arrow to proceed to the next slide. 1. What were the three facets of the Industrial Revolution in America? Discuss the impact of each of the facets on the development of industry as it is today. Power‚ transportation‚ and communication
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resources”. As an activity‚ like all other activities fulfilled by people such as writing‚ reading‚ running‚ eating etc‚ management is also an action because a manager is one who achieves the goals by leading the efforts of others. According to Koontz (sitted in Kumar‚ 2000 p.25) “Management is what a manager does”. Management as a group refers to all those people who carry out the task of managing an initiative. When we say that management of a company is good‚ we are intending to those who
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Self-Assessment Questions 1. _________________ is the art of getting things done through others. a) Management b) Planning c) Organizing d) Staffing 2. In Peter Drucker’s words “Without management a country’s ___________________ of production remain as _______________ and never become production.” a) GDP b) Resources c) Materials d) People 3. Management principles are __________________ in nature a) Practical b) Reliable c) Universal d) Impractical 4. Producing higher output for a given input
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Strategic management: Concepts and cases. New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Thompson‚ A. A.‚ Peteraf‚ M. A.‚ Gamble‚ J. E‚ & Strickland‚ A. J. (2012). Crafting and executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage: Concepts and cases (18th ed.) Weihrich‚ H. (1982). The TOWS Matrix – A tool for situational analysis. Long Range Planning‚ 15(2)‚ 54-66. Wheelen‚ T. L. & Hunger‚ J. D. (2012). Strategic management and business policy: Toward global sustainability (13th ed.). CF Vol. 10 (1)‚ 2012 APPENDIX
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FINAL YEAR PROJECT NAME: OLOMU‚ DAVID ABAYOMI MATRIC NO: 011002873 DEPARTMENT: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TOPIC: THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR ON COPORATE AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. A STUDY OF WEMA BANK PLC SUPERVISOR’S NAME: DR. O.L KUYE University of Lagos March‚ 2009 TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page i Certification ii Dedication
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Along with the constant deepening of modern international trade globalization‚ various economic elements of modern commerce such as: labor‚ goods‚ service and capital etc. have begun to span the geological border of each country and been widely circulated in the world under the promotion of the globalization. Especially the capital internationalization whose main form is international direct investment is the most frequent. The capital internationalization includes two dimensional contents: on one
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INTRODUCTION The local government system is specially designed to bring governance close to the people at the grassroots. The need to enhance efficiency and workability of the system led to the reforms in the local government administration in Nigeria. In spite of these reforms the system has neither brought the much desired results especially in transforming the rural areas nor checked corruption which thrives in Nigeria. Indeed‚ one area where the system has suffered severe dislocations is in
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Heyrman Com/156 June 21‚ 2012 Pamela Brown The Effects of a Low Literacy Rate “The devil of illiteracy had been given a staging post in the temple of the written word” –Dean Koontz. While the benefits of a high literacy rate tend to speak for themselves‚ many people prefer to overlook the costs of a low literacy rate. A low literacy rate can affect just about everything a person does in their life after graduating
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present century‚ certain schools of management thought have developed. Each school reflects the problems of the period during which they were popular. Herold Koontz was the first who have attempted to classify the various approaches on the management in the schools of management theory. Based on the writings of some of the scholars and Koontz‚ the management thoughts‚ have been classified in several schools of management theory. Below are some of the well-known summarized school of thoughts. SCIENTIFIC
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ASSIGNMENT Subject code & name: MB0038 – Management Process and Organization Behavior 1. Define the terms ‘strategy’. Explain the Following: a) Corporate Strategy b) Business Strategy c) Functional Strategy Answer: Strategy Strategy means the grand plan and the term is borrowed from the military which distinguished between the grand plan and actual action by calling the former strategy and the latter tactics. Strategy in organisations can be divided into three: Corporate strategy Business strategy
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