GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Egalitarianism, Multinational Corporation, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Path to academic success and career development is to be open. Johari window: you, your organization and your work place. Mintsberg"s 10 managerial roles (what is a manager"s job?) 5 criteria for useful information: timely (deadlines, high quality (used with confidence, complete (current and up-to-date, relevant (appropriate for the task, understandable (clear) Quality decisions need good information: computer competency. Use computers to their best advantage: information competency. Planning: more timely access to useful information. Leading: frequent, better communication with stakeholders; objectives stay clear. Controlling: timely performance information for correction (cid:2) Systematic: rational, step by step, analytical, break problem down into small components, plan before action search for information. Intuitive: flexible, spontaneous, creative, quick and broad evaluation, many possible courses of action, deal with many aspects of a problem at once, facts are limited, no precedents. Multi-dimensional: view many problems at once in relation to each other, across short and long time horizons (cid:2)