by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Group Development as a Cyclical Model The five-stage model of group development is linear in nature. Some theorists believe that group formation is more dynamic cyclical in nature. While groups may pass through each of these stages,...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Types of Teams A team is generally understood to be a group that shares a common purpose and functions cohesively. As such, there are innumerable types of teams that arise within the many groups making up an organization. Teams...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Team Tasks Teams differ in terms of the tasks they are trying to accomplish and the roles team members play. Classes of Task J. R. Hackman identified three major classes of tasks: Production Tasks – This means creating or...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Activity-Based Management Activity-Based Management (ABM) is a management approach focusing on managing employee activities efficiently and effectively with the purpose of increasing productivity, profitability, and organizational...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management Strategic Cost Management Strategic Cost Management is an approach focusing on making a business more competitive by reducing costs of operations. More specifically, it integrates cost information into the decision-making structure...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
[cite] Back to: Business Management What is a Group versus a Team? A group is two or more individuals who interact collectively such that their actions impact the others. Organizations generally consist of many groups with specific, collective functions. A groups...
