Fundamentals of Management, 11/e

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The details are as follows:

• Planning:

  • The degree of risk that plans should contain

  • Whether plans should be developed by individuals or teams

  • The degree of environmental scanning in which management will engage

• Organizing:

  • How much autonomy should be designed into employees’ jobs

  • Whether tasks should be done by individuals or in teams

  • The degree to which department managers interact with each other

• Leading:

  • The degree to which managers are concerned with increasing employee job satisfaction

  • What leadership styles are appropriate

  • Whether all disagreements—even constructive ones—should be eliminated

• Controlling:

  • Whether to impose external controls or to allow employees to control their own actions

  • What criteria should be emphasized ...