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* Effectiveness
* “Doing the right things”: the tasks that help an organization reach its goals
* Efficiency
* “Doing things right”: the efficient use of such resources as people, money, and equipment
* Planning, which includes defining goals, establishing strategy, and developing plans to coordinate activities, ensures that the work is kept in proper focus and helps organizational members keep their attention on what is most important.
* Organizing and structuring work to accomplish the organization’s goals includes determining which tasks need to be done and by whom, how tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and who will make decisions.
* Leading means that the manager will direct and coordinate the work activities of the people she supervises, motivate employees, select the most effective communication channel, and resolve conflicts among members.
* Controlling, which is the fourth and final management function, involves monitoring, comparing, and correcting work performance.
* Attention to Detail, Outcome Orientation, People Orientation, Team Orientation, Aggressiveness, Stability, and Innovation and Risk Taking.
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How Do Employees Learn the Culture?
* Organizational stories recount significant events or people.
* Corporate rituals are repetitive activities that express and reinforce the important values and goals of the organization.
* Material symbols, such as the layout of organizations facilities, how employees dress, employee perks, and so on, give a sense of whether the work environment is formal or casual, fun or serious, and the kinds of behavior that are rewarded, such as risk taking, conservative, participative, and so on.
* Language to identify and unite members of a culture by developing unique terms to describe equipment, key personnel, customers, processes, or products related to its business.
Group decision making:
* Provides more complete information than an...