"CLEP Principles of Management," Vocabulary from Chapter 5

This list focuses on managerial and group decision-making.

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  1. decision
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  2. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  3. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  4. awareness
    the state of having knowledge of something
  5. formulation
    the act of inventing or contriving an idea or explanation
  6. problem
    a question raised for consideration or solution
  7. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
  8. alternative
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  9. option
    one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  10. evaluation
    the act of ascertaining or judging the quality of
  11. selection
    the act of choosing
  12. implementation
    the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
  13. solution
    a method for solving a problem
  14. feedback
    response to an inquiry or experiment
  15. outcome
    something that results
  16. justice
    the quality of being fair, reasonable, or impartial
  17. distributive
    serving to allot or disperse
  18. procedural
    of or relating to processes
  19. uncertainty
    being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  20. risk
    take a chance in the hope of a favorable outcome
  21. assumption
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  22. approach
    ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem
  23. model
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  24. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  25. minimum
    the least possible
  26. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  27. intuition
    instinctive knowing, without the use of rational processes
  28. logical
    based on known statements or events or conditions
  29. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  30. implication
    a relation by virtue of involvement or close connection
  31. consequence
    the outcome of an event
  32. synergy
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  33. participation
    the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  34. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  35. agenda
    a list of matters to be taken up, as at a meeting
  36. brainstorm
    try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
  37. spontaneous
    said or done without having been planned in advance
  38. nominal
    existing in name only
  39. technique
    a practical method or art applied to some particular task
  40. optimal
    most desirable possible under a restriction
Created on Wed Nov 02 11:01:08 EDT 2016 (updated Mon Nov 14 16:33:32 EST 2016)

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