Group is two or more individuals interacting with each other to accomplish a common goal. Team is a mature groups with a degree of member interdependence and motivation to achieve a common goal. McGraw-Hill/rwin
Vroom-Jago Leadership Model Based on the Vroom-Yetton Model Normative model or set guidelines Situations determine appropriateness of degrees of participative decision-making No one single leadership style was appropriate Leader needs to be flexible to change styles to fit specific situations
Managing Organizational Change Change is an inevitable, pervasive, persistent, and permanent condition for all organizations Organizations' futures depend on their ability to master change Effective managers must view managing planned
Organizational Structure and Design Manager Subordinate Subordinate Subordinate Organizational Design Purposeful and goal-oriented process Decisions/actions to predetermine the way employees do their work Organizational structure Relatively stable relationships and processes of the organization
Types of Decisions Programmed Nonprogrammed Repetitive and routine Novel and unstructured decisions and where a decisions required for definitive procedure is unique and complex developed to handle them management problems. McGraw-HillInwin
Communication Defined The transmission of information and understanding through the use of common symbols from one person to another Common symbols may be
