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Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at October 29th, 2020

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Overview: This material covers the primary topics covered within Principles of Management & Organizational Behavior


Foundations of Management

  • What is a Manager?
  • What is Business Management?
  • What is an Organization?
  • Organizational Effectiveness
  • Two Major Views of Managers: Omnipotent and Symbolic
  • Categories or Types of Manager
  • How the Power and Authority of a Manager is Measured
  • How Managers Delegate Authority

Management Theory

  • Major Approaches to Management Theory
  • Classical Management Theory:
    • Scientific Approach to Management
    • Administrative Approach to Management
    • Bureaucracy Theory
    • Managerial Roles
    • Managerial Skills
  • Behavioral Approaches to Management Theory
    • Behavioral Approach to Management
    • Human Relations Theory
    • Behavioral Science Theory
  • Contemporary Management Theories
    • Understanding Contemporary Management Theories
    • Drucker - Management by Objective
    • Quantitative Approach to Management
    • Systems Approach to Management
    • Contingency Approach to Management
    • Other Management Theories
      • Relationship Management
      • Chaos Theory
      • Learning Organizations

Planning: P-O-L-C Framework

Planning Process
  • What is the Managerial Planning Process?
  • Types of Management Planning
  • Contingency Factors Affecting Management Planning
  • Environmental Scanning
  • What is a Vision Statement?
  • What is a Mission Statement?
  • What is a Values Statement?
  • Organizational Goals and Objectives
  • What are SMART Goals?
  • Types of Business Goals
  • How do Companies Set Goals?
  • What is McKinsey's 7s Model?
  • Management Planning and Strategy
Management Decisions
  • Management Decision Making
  • Approaches to Decision Making
  • Design Thinking
  • Biases and Errors in Decision Making
  • Structured and Unstructured Problems
  • Programmed and Unprogrammed Decisions
  • Conditions for Management Decision Making
  • Methods of Decision Making
Organizing: P-O-L-C Framework
  • What is the Organizing Function of Management?
  • Considerations for Organizational Design
  • Common Types of Organizational Design or Structure
  • Process Management
  • 5S Method
  • Quality Circles
  • Process Map
  • Value Streaming Map
Leading: P-O-L-C Framework
  • What is Leading as Manager?
Controlling: P-O-L-C Framework
  • What is the Controlling Function of Management?
  • Categories of Control
  • Areas of Management Control
    • Performance Management
      • Key Performance Indicators
      • Performance Evaluation
      • Management by Objective
      • Balanced Scorecard
      • Performance Prism
      • Capability Maturity Model
      • Pareto Principle
    • Operations Management
      • Operations Management in School
    • Project Management
    • Financial Management
      • Activity-Based Management
      • Strategic Cost Management
    • Quality Management
      • Total Quality Management
    • Risk Management
      • Risk Management in School
    • Change Management
      • Change Agent
      • Resistance to Change
      • Lewin's Three-Stage Process of Change
      • Organizational Capacity for Change
      • Systems Thinking
    • Crisis Management
      • Forecasting
      • Winterling Crisis Matrix
    • Innovation Management
      • Disruptive Innovation
    • Service Management
    • Diversity Management
    • Global Management
      • Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
      • Global Perspective
      • Expanding Globally
      • GLOBE Project

Managing Groups and Teams

  • What is a "Group" vs a "Team"?
  • Characteristics of Group
    • Group Structure
    • Group Decision-Making
      • Groupthink
      • Delphi Method
      • Nominal Group Technique
    • Collective Efficacy Belief
    • Group Conflict Resolution
    • Group Cohesion
  • Negative Effects within Groups
    • Negative Effects of Group Cohesion
    • Social Loafing
  • Types of Groups
  • How Groups Develop
    • Theories of Group Formation
    • Five Stages of Group Development
    • Punctuated Equilibrium Model
  • Team Characteristics
    • Types of Teams
    • Team Tasks
    • Team Roles
    • Team Leadership
  • Designing a Team
  • Organizing a Team

Organizational Behavior

  • What is Organizational Behavior?
  • Organizational Culture
    • Learning Organization
    • Organizational Fit
  • Behavior and How it Evolves
  • Individual Values
  • Personality
  • Perception
  • Attitude
  • Stress
  • Emotions
  • Conflict
  • Power
  • Influence
  • Social Networks

Other Concepts

  • Ethnocentrism Definition
  • Delphi Technique
  • Egocentrism Definition
  • Exchange Stabilization Fund Definition
  • Expectancy Theory Definition
  • Emotional Intelligence Definition
  • Halo Effect Definition
  • Hersey Blanchard Model Definition
  • Ratchet Effect (Business Practice) Definition
  • Herzburg Two Factor Theory Definition
  • Abductive Reasoning Definition
  • Acquired Need Theory Definition
  • Achievement Motivation Theory Definition
  • Analysis of Alternatives Definition
  • Availability Bias Definition
  • Belbin Team Roles Definition
  • Business Intelligence Definition
  • Backcasting Definition
  • C-Suite Definition
  • Millenials Generation Y Definition
  • Cultural Relativism Definition
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Johari Window Definition
  • Laissez-Faire Definition
  • Abilene Paradox Definition
  • Oparin Bubble Theory Definition
  • SMART Goals Definition
  • Attribution Theory Definition
  • Total Quality Management Definition
  • Uncertainty Avoidance Definition
  • Generation X (Gen X) Definition
  • Acceptance Theory of Authority Definition
  • Gamification Definition
  • Groupthink Definition
  • Affluenza Definition
  • Adhocracy Definition
  • Endowment Effect Definition
  • Performance Management Definition
  • Organizational Structure Definition
  • Heuristics Definition
  • Human Capital Definition
  • Adaptive Expectations Hypothesis Definition
  • Eco-Communalism Definition
  • Confirmation Bias Definition
  • Conflict Theory Definition
  • Paradigm Shift Definition
  • Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy Definition
  • Organizational Behavior Definition
  • Outcome Bias Definition
  • Cognitive Dissonance Definition
  • Associate in Management (AIM) Definition
  • Hindsight Bias Definition
  • Bifurcation Definition
  • Corporate Citizenship Definition
  • Corporate Culture Definition
  • Base Rate Fallacy Definition
  • Behaviorist Definition
  • Satisficing Definition
  • Survivorship Bias Definition
  • Flat Organization Definition
  • Freudian Motivation Theory Definition
  • Organizational Economics Definition
  • Frame Dependence Definition
  • Social Choice Theory Definition
  • Regret Theory Definition
  • Prospect Theory Definition
  • Bandwagon Effect Definition
  • Behavioral Economics Definition
  • What is a Manager?
  • What is Business Management?
  • What is a Business Organization?
  • What is Organizational Effectiveness?
  • Omnipotent and Symbolic Views of Managers
  • Categories of Manager
  • Measuring Manager Power or Authority
  • How Managers Delegate Authority
  • Major Approaches to Management Theory
  • What is Scientific Management Theory?
  • Administrative Theory of Management
  • Bureaucracy Theory of Management
  • Roles of a Manager Theory
  • Managerial Skills Theory
  • Behavioral Management Approach
  • Human Relations Theory of Management
  • Behavioral Science Theory of Management?
  • Contemporary Management Theories
  • Drucker Management By Objective
  • Quantitative Approach to Management
  • Systems Theory of Management
  • Contingency Approach or Situational Approach to Management
  • Relationship Management Theory
  • Chaos Theory of Management
  • Learning Organizations
  • What is the Managerial Planning Process?
  • What are the Types of Management Planning?
  • Contingency Factors Affecting Management Planning
  • What is a Vision Statement?
  • Goals and Objectives of an Organization
  • What are SMART Goals?
  • Categories or Types of Business Goals
  • Levels of Certainty in Management Decision Making
  • Methods of Decision Making
  • Management Approaches to Decision Making
  • Common Biases and Errors in Decision Making
  • What is the Organizing Function of Management?
  • Considerations for Organizational Design
  • Common Types of Organizational Design or Structure
  • Leading as a Manager
  • What is the Controlling Function of Management?
  • What are the Categories of Control?
  • Path Dependency Definition
  • Hawthorne Effect Definition
  • What are Leadership Traits?
  • Big Five Model of Leadership Traits
  • Situational or Contingency Leadership Approaches
  • Fiedlers Contingency Model
  • Hursey-Blanchard Situational Model
  • Houses Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
  • Vroom and Yettons Normative Decision Model
  • Behavioral Approach to Leadership
  • Leadership and a Continuum Model
  • Likerts Four Systems of Management
  • Blake and Moutons Leadership Model
  • Reddin 3D or Tri-dimensional Grid
  • Contemporary Leadership Theories
  • Transformational Leadership Theory
  • Leader-Member Exchange Theory
  • Servant Leadership Theory
  • Authentic Leadership Theory
  • Employee Motivation Theory
  • Needs-Based Theories of Motivation
  • Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
  • ERG Theory
  • Theory X and Theory Y of Motivation
  • Herzbergs Two Factor Theory
  • McClellands Needs Theory
  • Process-Based Theories of Motivation
  • Goal-Setting Theory of Motivation
  • Reinforcement Theory of Motivation
  • Equity Theory of Motivation
  • Procedural Justice and Interactional Justice
  • Expectancy Theory of Motivation
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Management by Objective A Performance Management System
  • Lean Management Methodology
  • Activity-Based Management
  • Strategic Cost Management
  • Group vs Team
  • What is Group Structure?
  • Collective Efficacy Definition
  • Group Cohesion
  • Negative Effects of Group Cohesion
  • Social Loafing
  • Types of Groups
  • Theories of Group Formation
  • Five Stages of Group Development
  • Cyclical View of Group Development Punctuated Equilibrium Model
  • Types of Teams
  • Team Tasks
  • Team Roles
  • Team Design
  • Organizing a Team
  • Business Process Management
  • Quality Circles
  • Design Thinking
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Crisis Management
  • Winterling Crisis Matrix
  • Innovation Management
  • Disruptive Innovation
  • Service Management
  • Diversity Management
  • Global Management
  • Hofstedes Cultural Dimensions
  • Global Management Perspective
  • Entering Global Markets
  • GLOBE Project
  • Structure of Team Leadership
  • Organizational Change
  • Change Agent
  • Resistance to Change
  • Lewins Three-Stage Process of Change
  • Organizational Capacity for Change
  • What is Systems Thinking?
  • Conflict Management in Groups
  • Nominal Group Technique
  • Dimensions of Work Quality
  • Social Networks in Organizations
  • Organizational Culture
  • Learning Organization

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