Management & Leadership
Written by Jason Gordon
Updated at August 1st, 2021
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Overview: This material covers the primary topics covered within Principles of Management & Organizational Behavior
Foundations of Management
Management Theory
- Major Approaches to Management Theory
- Classical Management Theory:
- Behavioral Approaches to Management Theory
- Contemporary Management Theories
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 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
- 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
- What is the Controlling Function of Management?
- Categories of Control
- Areas of Management Control
Managing Groups and Teams
- What is a "Group" vs a "Team"?
- Characteristics of Group
- Negative Effects within Groups
- Types of Groups
- How Groups Develop
- Team Characteristics
- Designing a Team
- Organizing a Team
Organizational Behavior
Theories of Leadership
Motivation Theory
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
- McClelland's Acquired Needs 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
- 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
- Maslow's 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
- 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
- Crisis Management
- Winterling Crisis Matrix
- Innovation Management
- Disruptive Innovation
- Service Management
- Diversity Management
- Global Management
- Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions
- Global Management Perspective
- Entering Global Markets
- GLOBE Project
- Structure of Team Leadership
- Organizational Change
- Change Agent
- Resistance to Change
- Lewin's 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