MGTA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Hawthorne Effect, Flextime, Telecommuting

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Psychological contract the set of expectations held by an employee concerning what he or she will contribute to an organization and what the organization will provide the employee (inducements) in return. Human relations interactions between employers and employees and their attitudes toward one another. Job satisfaction the pleasure and feeling of accomplishment employees derive from performing their jobs well. Morale the generally positive or negative mental attitude of employees toward their work and workplace. Turnover the percentage of an organization"s workforce that leaves and must be replaced low morale may increase this percentage. Motivation the set of forces that causes people to behave in certain ways. Classical theory of motivation a theory of motivation that presumes that workers are motivated almost solely by money. Scientific management breaking down jobs into easily repeated components, and devising more efficient tools and machines for performing them. First challenge to classical theory of human relations management.

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A central characteristic of "management by objectives" is that:

A goals are set by top management and followed without question by others within the organization.

B. employees are given complete freedom to set their own goals as long as they are consistent with broad guidelines established by top management.

C. goals are set through a process involving all members of the organization.

D. it assumes that management must motivate employees since employees are incapable of motivating themselves.

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The purpose of management by objectives is to:

A. enable top management to set goals for the entire organization.

B. simplify the jobs of middle management by providing them with predetermined goals and objectives.

C.help employees motivate themselves with a goal-setting model that involves, discussion, review, and evaluation by management and employees.

D. allows employees to set their own goals without consulting with management.