Mid-term Study Guide

Mid-term Study Guide

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  Peter Drucker and his management concepts/terms, management by objective (Part 2 Reading 1 The Practice of Management)
  
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  Deming’s quality management, deadly diseases, 14 steps, and his “red bead experiment” (Part 2 Reading 3 Out of the Crisis)
  
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  Michael Porter’s value chain (Part 2 Reading 8 Competitive Advantage)
  
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  Theory X and Theory Y (Part 2 Reading 4 The Human Side of Enterprise)
  
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  Level 5 Leadership (Part 3 Reading 1 Good to Great)
  
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  High-ambition leaders (Part 4 Reading 1 Higher Ambition)
  
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  One-minute manager: one-minute goals, one-minute praising, one-minute reprimand and the techniques (Part 2 Reading 2 The One Minute Manager)
  
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  Three stages of development in Good to Great (Part 3 Reading 1 Good to Great)
  
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  The traits in Big Winners and Big Losers (Part 3 Reading 2 Big Winners and Big Losers)
  
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  Four elements in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Part 2 Reading 6 The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People)
  
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  Five stages in How the Mighty Fall (Part 3 Reading 3 How the Mighty Fall)
  
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  Good and bad of charisma in leadership (Part 7 Reading 1 and 2)
  
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  Psychological capital and the four elements of positive organizational behavior (Part 6 Reading 2 Psychological Capital)
  
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  Transparency and candor (Part 5 Reading 2 Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor)
  
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  Strategies of positive leadership (Part 7 Reading 1 Positive Leadership)
  
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  Potential downside of optimism (Part 6 Reading 2 Psychological Capital)
  
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  Vital ingredients of Mojo and professional Mojo quality (Part 6 Reading 4 Mojo)
  
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  Institutional pride and self-serving pride (Part 6 Reading 3 Why Pride Matters More Than Money)
  
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  Organizational culture and given group (Part 5 Reading 1 Coming to a New Awareness of Organizational Culture)
  
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  How to master team learning (Part 2 Reading 7 The Fifth Discipline)
  
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  Downsizing myths and facts (Part 4 Reading 2 Responsible Restructuring)
  
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  Maslow’s hierarchy (Part 2 Reading 5 Maslow on Management)
  
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  Human motivation factor in The Enthusiastic Employees (Reading 1 The Enthusiastic Employee)
  
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  Obstacles to building power (Part 7 Reading 3 Power)
  
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  How to build your own influence (suggestion from Jefferey Pfeffer) (Part 7 Reading 3 Power)
  
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  Bad leadership and the types (Part 7 Reading 2 Bad Leadership)
  
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  Five disciplines of a learning organization (Part 2 Reading 7 The Fifth Discipline)
  
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  Three circles of thought (Part 3 Reading 1 Good to Great)