ADM 1300 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Groupthink, Value Theory, Stereotype

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 1300
• Professor: All

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Explain the different parts of the formal definition. (8 marks) Finally, management involves activities carried out in an organizational setting by people with different functions intentionally structured and coordinated to achieve common purposes. Basically, the management is structured around the areas of financial, human resources, operation, marketing, and information organizational functions: what creates the personality of an organization? (2 marks) Name and present a short explanation for each of them. (10 marks) The figurehead role involves an emphasis on ceremonial activities. The leader role is essentially one of influencing or directing others. The liaison role emphasizes the contacts that a manager has with those outside the formal authority chain of command. The monitor role involves extensive information-seeking that mangers engage in to keep aware of crucial developments that may affect their unit and their own work. The disseminator role involves the sending of critical information to others.