"CLEP Principles of Management," Vocabulary from Chapter 3

This list focuses on the development of management thought.

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  1. military
    of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
  2. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  3. campaign
    related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal
  4. concentration
    the spatial property of being crowded together
  5. scientific
    consistent with systematic study of the physical world
  6. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  7. observation
    the act of making and recording a measurement
  8. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
  9. principle
    a basic truth or law or assumption
  10. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  11. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  12. patronage
    granting favors in return for political support
  13. professional
    of or relating to or suitable as an occupation
  14. qualification
    an attribute that must be met or complied with
  15. vocation
    the particular occupation for which you are trained
  16. administrative
    responsible for managing the affairs of a group of people
  17. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  18. responsibility
    the trait of being answerable to someone for something
  19. unity
    the quality of being fused into one
  20. equity
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  21. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  22. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  23. discipline
    a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
  24. division
    the act or process of separating into parts
  25. labor
    productive work, especially physical work done for wages
  26. standardize
    cause to conform to a norm
  27. inducement
    a positive motivational influence
  28. acceptance
    the act of receiving with approval
  29. empower
    give or delegate authority to
  30. advocate
    speak, plead, or argue in favor of
  31. contributor
    a writer published in a periodical or as part of a book
  32. entropy
    energy in a system no longer available for mechanical work
  33. homeostasis
    metabolic equilibrium maintained by biological mechanisms
  34. classical
    having the form used by ancient standard authors
  35. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  36. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
  37. contingency
    the state of being dependent on something
  38. develop
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  39. controversy
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  40. foundation
    the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun
Created on Wed Nov 02 10:59:03 EDT 2016 (updated Mon Nov 14 15:22:17 EST 2016)

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