GMS 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Abraham Maslow, Small Victories, Brainpower

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Olga Tabunshchikova

Document Summary

Chapters 2, 3, 5,6,7,8,11, 13 *post-midterm chapters first* Active listening: the process of taking action to help someone say exactly what he or she really means. Adaptive organization: operates with a minimum of bureaucratic features and encourages worker empowerment and teamwork. Advertising model: providing free information, generating revenue from paid ads available to viewers (e. g. yahoo!, google) Angel investor: a wealthy individual who is willing to invest a portion of this wealth in return for equity in a new venture. Authentic leadership: activates positive psychological states to achieve self-awareness and positive self-regulation. Authority decision: the leader makes the decision alone and then communicates it to the work group. Autocratic style of leadership: emphasizes task over people, keeps authority and information within the leader"s tight control, and acts in a unilateral command-and- control fashion. B2b business strategy: business to business - uses information technology and web portals to vertically link organizations with members of their supply chains.