MAN 3025 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Competitive Advantage, Inside Out Music, Problem Solving

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Pri(cid:374)ciples of ma(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: exa(cid:373) #1 (chapter"s 1-4, 13) Defined (1) as the pursuit of organizational goals efficiently and effectively (2) integrating the work of people (3) planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the organizations resources. Efficiency: the means: means of attaining organizations goals; to be efficient means to use resources people, money, raw materials, and the like wisely and cost effectively. Effectiveness: the ends: regards the organizations ends, the goals; to be effective means to achieve results, to make the right decisions, and to successfully carry them out so that the(cid:455) a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)e the orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s goals. Emphasized finding ways to manage work more efficiently, had two branches scientific and administrative, which overall assumes that people are rational. Behavioral viewpoint: human behavior impact on work process. Behavioral science approach: relies on scientific research for developing theories about human behavior that can be used to provide practical tools for managers, human relations view has been superseded by the behavioral science approach to management.