IB Business Management Unit 2 A

Flat organizational structure

• there are only a few layers in a formal hierarchy and hence managers have a relatively wide span of control

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• refers to formal process of evaluating the contributions and performance of an employee, usually conducted through observations and interviews with the appraisee's line manager

• based on having minimal direct input in the work of employees. leaders allow subordinates to make their own decisions and to complete tasks in their own way

Appraisal

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• refers to formal process of evaluating the contributions and performance of an employee, usually conducted through observations and interviews with the appraisee's line manager

• an extension of outsourcing that involves relocating business activities and processes abroad

• actors that herzberg considered to increase job satisfaction and motivation levels (praise and recognition)

Mastery

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• treats their employees as if they were family members, guiding them through a consultation process and acting in the perceived best interest of their subordinates. makes decisions on behalf of the team.

• process of hiring suitable workers. this entails a thorough job analysis to ensure that the best candidate is hired

• suggests that people in modern societies are motivated by three key factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose

Recruitment

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• process of hiring suitable workers. this entails a thorough job analysis to ensure that the best candidate is hired

• based on having minimal direct input in the work of employees. leaders allow subordinates to make their own decisions and to complete tasks in their own way

• suggests that people in modern societies are motivated by three key factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose

Motivators

• self sufficient to direct our own lives

• payment system that rewards staff for the time (rather than output) that they put into work. it is expressed per period of time

• process of hiring suitable workers. this entails a thorough job analysis to ensure that the best candidate is hired

• factors that herzberg considered to increase job satisfaction and motivation levels (praise and recognition)

Time rate

• payment system that rewards staff for the time (rather than output) that they put into work. it is expressed per period of time

• suggests that people in modern societies are motivated by three key factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose

• factors that herzberg considered to increase job satisfaction and motivation levels (praise and recognition)

• Argued that workers will only be motivated if their input to outcome ratio is seen to be equitable in relation to others in the work force. Believed the degree of equity In the workplace has a direct impact on the motivation on three levels (equity norms, social comparison, cognitive)

Pink's theory

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• treats their employees as if they were family members, guiding them through a consultation process and acting in the perceived best interest of their subordinates. makes decisions on behalf of the team.

• suggests that people in modern societies are motivated by three key factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose

• there are only a few layers in a formal hierarchy and hence managers have a relatively wide span of control

Offshoring

• based on having minimal direct input in the work of employees. leaders allow subordinates to make their own decisions and to complete tasks in their own way

• an extension of outsourcing that involves relocating business activities and processes abroad

• Argued that workers will only be motivated if their input to outcome ratio is seen to be equitable in relation to others in the work force. Believed the degree of equity In the workplace has a direct impact on the motivation on three levels (equity norms, social comparison, cognitive)

• suggests that people in modern societies are motivated by three key factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose

Autonomy

• Argued that workers will only be motivated if their input to outcome ratio is seen to be equitable in relation to others in the work force. Believed the degree of equity In the workplace has a direct impact on the motivation on three levels (equity norms, social comparison, cognitive)

• self sufficient to direct our own lives

• self improvement to learn and create new things

• factors that herzberg considered to increase job satisfaction and motivation levels (praise and recognition)

Laissez-faire leadership

• based on having minimal direct input in the work of employees. leaders allow subordinates to make their own decisions and to complete tasks in their own way

• factors that herzberg considered to increase job satisfaction and motivation levels (praise and recognition)

• process of hiring suitable workers. this entails a thorough job analysis to ensure that the best candidate is hired

• self improvement to learn and create new things