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10 Commandments for Media Consumers

10 Principles of Reinvention

10 Principles of Urwick

10 Schools of Thought

12manage REVIEWS

12manage SEARCH

12manage Smart Card

12manage TUTORIALS, Guides

12 Principles of Innovation

12 Principles of the Network Economy

14 Points of Management

14 Principles of Management

20 Thinker's Keys

2 Factor Theory

2 Step Flow Model

2 Tier Board Structure

360-Degree Feedback

3C's Model (Ohmae)

3C Model on Leadership (Thornton)

3 Bases of Positioning

3 Dimensional Business Definition

3 Dimensions of Strategic Change

3 Distinctive Capabilities

3 Horizons of Growth (McKinsey)

3 Levels of Culture

3P Framework (Gulati)

3rd Party Logistics (3PL)

3-Skill Taxonomy

3 Sources of Cultural Intelligence

3 Stage Approach for Change

4 Dimensions of Relational Work

4 Factors of Brand Value

4 Key Roles in Management Team

4 Leadership Styles (House)

4 P's of Marketing

4 P's of Persuasion

4 Primary Traits

4 Principles of Scientific Management

4 Stages of Hypercompetition

4 Strategic Types

4S Web Marketing Mix

4 Trajectories of Industry Change

4 Types of Corporate Cultures

4 Types of Knowledge

5 Bases of Social Power

5 C's of Marketing Strategy

5 Change Factors

5 Cultural Dimensions

5 Dimensions of Brand Personality

5 Foundation Elements of Kaizen

5 Growth Phases of an Organization

5 Levers of Control

5 Maturity Stages of an Organization

5 Responses to Strategic Environmental Uncertainties

5 Steps Planning

6 Categories of Quality Attributes

6 Category Intervention Analysis

6 Change Approaches

6 Coordinating Mechanisms

6 Drivers of Corporate Reputation

6 Growth Phases of an Organization

6 Leadership Styles (Goleman)

6 Stages of Personal Power

6 Thinking Hats

7 Clarkson Principles

7 Classes of Strategic Risk

7 Cs of Marketing

7 Dimensions of Culture

7 Functions of Managers

7-S Framework McKinsey

7 Signs Of Ethical Collapse

7 Surprises For New CEOs

8 Accelerators for Strategic Change

8 Attributes Of Management Excellence

8 Change Phases

8 Components of Social Marketing

8 Considerations For Changing Organization Cultures

8 Leadership Roles

8D Problem Solving

8-Step Change Model (Kotter)

8 Team Role Preferences

9 Essential Team Activities

A

Aaker, Jennifer

Abandonment Value

Abell, Derek F.

Abductive Reasoning

Abilene Paradox

Abnormal Rate of Return

Absorption Costing

Accelerated Depreciation

8 Accelerators for Strategic Change

Accountability, Corporate

Accounting Earnings

Accounting Equation

Accounts Receivable Factoring

Accounts Receivable Financing

Accrual Accounting

Achievement-oriented Leadership

Acid-test Ratio

Acquired Needs Theory

Acquisition Integration Approaches

Action-Centered Leadership

Action Learning

Action Research

Active Listening

Active Media User

Activity Based Costing

Activity Based Management

Actor Influence Diagrams

ADD YOUR MANAGEMENT VIEW

Adjourning of A Team

Adjusted Book Value

Adopter Categories

Adverse Selection

Advertising on 12manage

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliative Leadership

Affirmative Covenants

African Leadership style

After Action Review

Agenda Setting Theory

Aggregate Demand

Aggregate Supply

Agile Absorption

Alderfer, Clayton P.

Aligning Business And IT Strategy

Alliance Network

Alliance, Strategic

Allocative Efficiency

Alternatives Analysis

Altman, Edward I.

Altshuller, Genrich

Ambient Advertising

American-Style Option

Analogical Strategic Reasoning

Analyze Objectives

Annual Planning Tables

Anynymous Posting on 12manage

Anticipatory Principle

Anti Hostile Takeover Mechanisms

Appreciative Inquiry

Arbitrage Pricing Theory

Architect, Personnel Management

Armstrong, J.S.

Arkes, Hal Richard

Arthur D. Little Matrix

Articles of Incorporation

Art of War, The

Ashridge Mission Model

Asset Management

Assets Held For Sale

Asset Stripping

Assimilation Effect

Attention Model

Attitude Change | 2 | 3 | 4

Attitude Survey

Attributes Of Management Excellence

Attribution Theory

Authentic Leadership

Authoritarian Management

Authoritative Interventions

Autocratic Leader

Autonomous Maintenance

Autonomous Work Group

Average Cost Pricing

Average Rate of Return

B

Backward Integration

Bait and Switch

Balanced Scorecard

Balancing Act, Management as a

Ball-Rokeach, Sandra

Bandwagon Effect Bias

Banking Covenants

Bankmail Engagement

Bankruptcy, Predicting

Bargaining Power of Buyers, Suppliers

Barriers to Entry

Bases Of Social Power

Bass Diffusion Model

Beckhard, Richard

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales

Behavioral Beliefs

Behavioral Finance

Behavioral Observation Scales

Behavioral Segmentation

Behavior-based Competencies

Belbin Team Roles

Best Efforts Contract

Bet-Your-Company Culture

Beyond Budgeting

Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals

Black-Scholes Model

Black Swan Theory

Blanchard, Kenneth

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blumler, Jay G.

Board of Directors

Board Structure

Bono, Edward De | 2

BOOKMARK 12manage

Book Value per Share

Booms and Bitner

Boss, Disgreeing with

Boss, Don't Getting Along with

Boston Consulting Group Matrix

Bottleneck Items

Bottom Of the Pyramid

Bottom-up Approach

Boundary Systems

Bounded Rationality

Box and Jenkins

Brand Asset Valuator

Brand Dimensions

Brand Identity Prism

Brand Management

Brand Personality

Brand Recognition

Brand Valuation

Brandenburger, Adam

Breakaway Positioning

Breakdown Maintenance

Break-even Analysis

Break-even Point

Breaking Down a Problem

Breakthrough Ideas

Breakthrough Objectives

Bricks and Clicks

Bridging Epistemologies

Bring Your Own Device

Bryson, John M.

Budget Competition

Bullwhip Effect

Bureaucratic Domination

Burke-Litwin Model

Burke, W. Warner

Business Alliance

Business Analysis

Business Argument, Resolving a

Business Assessment Array

Business Association

Business Crisis

Business Definition

Business Development

BUSINESS ETHICS

Business Feasibility

Business Fundamentals

Business Incubator

Business Insurance

Business Intelligence

Business Interruption Insurance

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

Business Manager

Business Meetings, Tips

Business Mission

Business Modeling

Business Model Canvas

Business Models

Business Objectives

Business Organization

Business Performance Management

Business Process Modeling

Business Process Reengineering

Business Process Types

Business Return

Business Screen

Business Simulation

BUSINESS STRATEGY | 2

Business Turnaround

BUSINESS VALUATION

Business Vision

Butler, Timothy

Buyer-Driven Auction

Buying Behavior

Buy-Side Analyst

C

Campbell, Andrew | 2 | 3

Cannibalization

Capability Maturity Model

Capacity Management

Capacity Planning

Capacity Utilization

Capital Asset Pricing Model

Capital Budgeting

Capital Expenditure

Capitalization Rate

Capitalization Ratio

Capital Output Ratio

Capital Structure

Capital Turnover

Captive Audience Advertising

Career Assessment

Career Guidance

Career Management

Career Planning

Cascading Failure

Cash Accounting

Cash Asset Ratio

Cash Conversion Cycle

Cash Flow from Operations

Cash Flow Management

Cash Flow Measurement

Cash Flow Return on Investment

Cash Value Added

Catalytic Intervention

Catalytic Mechanisms

Catastrophe Theory

Cathartic Intervention

Causal Ambiguity

Causal Model of Organizational Performance and Change

Cause and Effect Diagram

Celebrity Advertising

Certified Project Manager

Ceteris Paribus

Chain of Command

Chain Reaction (Deming)

Chairman of the Board

Chameleon Technique

Change Approaches

Change Equation

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Change Management Iceberg

Change Momentum

Change Resistance

Change Resistance, Reasons for

Changing a Posting on 12manage

Changing Organization Cultures

Channel Conflicts

Channel Management

Chaordic Leadership

Chaordic Organization

Charismatic Leadership

Checkland, Peter

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Information Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Procurement Officer

Chief Technology Officer

Christensen, Clayton

Citing 12manage

Clarkson Principles

Clicks and Mortar

Coaching by Managers

Coercive Incentive

Cognitive Balance

Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive School Of Strategy Formation

Cohen-Bradford Influence Model

Collaborative Benchmarking

Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment

Collection Ratio

Collective Bargaining

Collective Rationalization

Collins, Jim | 2

Collison, Chris

Commanding Leadership

Commercial Auto Insurance

Commercial Property Insurance

Commitment Oriented Downsizing

Communication - Attitudes - Behavior

COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

Communication Utility

Comparative Advantage

Competency-based Approach

Competency Mapping

Competing Values Framework

Competitive Advantage

Competitive Advantage of Nations

Competitive Benchmarking

Competitive Defendability

Competitive Environment

Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Position

Competitive Pricing

Competitive Strategy

Completed Contract Method

Completer Finisher Role, Belbin

Complex Problem Solving

Compliance Officer

Complicatedness

Compound Annual Growth Rate

Comprehensive Auditing

Concentrated Marketing

Concentration Strategy

Concentric Diversification

Concept Statement

Configuration School of Strategy Formation

Confirmation Bias

Confirming-Evidence Trap

Conflict, Managing a

Conflict Mode Instrument

Confrontation Matrix

Confronting Intervention

Conglomerate Diversification

Congruity Theory

Consequentialism

Consistency Theories

Consolidation (Logistics)

Constantinides, Efthymios

Constraints, Theory Of

Constructionist Principle

Constructive Feedback

Consumer Analysis

Consumerization

Consumption Behavior

Content, Process, Context

Context, Content, Process

Contingency Plans

Contingency Theory

Contingent Assets

Contingent Liabilities

Continuous Change

Continuous Flow Manufacturing

Continuous Improvement

Continuous Replenishment

Contract Logistics

Contract Manufacturing

Contacts Manager

Contrarian Investing

Contrast Effect

Contributing to 12manage

Contribution Pricing

Control Beliefs

Control Oriented Downsizing

Conversation Techniques

Conversion Price

Conversion Ratio

Convertible Bond

Convertible Preferred Stock

Cooperrider, David L.

Cooper, Robert G.

Coordinator Role Belbin

Core Competence

Corporate Accountability

Corporate Charter

Corporate Control

Corporate Culture, Change

Corporate Culture Levels

Corporate Culture Types

CORPORATE ETHICS

Corporate Finance

Corporate Governance

CORPORATE INVESTING

Corporate Mission

Corporate Performance Management

Corporate Purpose

Corporate Reputation Quotient

Corporate Responsibility | 2

CORPORATE STRATEGY | 2

Corporate Sustainability

Corporate Transparency

CORPORATE VALUATION

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost, Insurance and Freight

Cost Leadership

Cost of Capital

Cost of Preferred Stock

Cost-plus Pricing

Cost Recovery Method

Countertrade Agreement

Country Club Style

Covered Warrant

Covert Leadership

Cradle to Cradle

Creative Accounting

Creative Outlets

Creative Thinking

Creativity, Employee

Credit Management

Crisis Management

Critical Path Analysis

Critical Success Factor

Cross-Functional Team

Crossroads Model

Crow, Kenneth A.

Crown Jewel Defense

Cultivation Theory

Cultural Dimensions

Cultural Intelligence

Cultural Quotient

Cultural School of Strategy Formation

Culture Levels, Three

Cumulative Voting

Current Liabilities

Customer Based Brand Equity Model

Customer Experience Management

Customer Intimacy

Customer Knowledge

Customer Loyalty

Customer Loyalty Cards

Customer Loyalty Program

Customer Relationship Management

Customer Satisfaction model

Customer Value, 30 Elements

Cynefin Framework Snowden, Boone

D

Days In Inventory

Days Inventory Held

Days Inventory On Hand

Days Inventory Outstanding

Days Payable Outstanding

Days Purchase Outstanding

Days Receivables

Days Sales of Inventory

Days Sales Outstanding

Debt Conversion

Debt Forgiveness

Debt Rescheduling

Debt Restructuring

Debt to Equity Ratio

Decentralization

DECISION-MAKING

Decision-making Behavior

Decision-making Environments Snowden, Boone

Decision-making Mistakes

Decision-making, Step-by-Step

Declining-Balance Method

Deconcentration

Deconsolidation

Deductive Reasoning

Deferred Shares

Defining The Business

Definitive Stakeholders

DeFleur, Melvin

Delegation | 2 | 3

Deleting a Posting on 12manage

Deliberate Strategy

Demand Sensitivity

Deming Chain Reaction

Deming, W. Edward | 2

Democratic Leader

Democratic Leadership

Demographic Segmentation

Departmental Structure

Dependency Theory

Design School of Strategy Formation

Design Thinking

Deutero-Learning

Deviance, Positive

Diagnostic Control Systems

Dialectical Enquiry

Differentiated Marketing

Differentiation Strategy

Difficult Conversations, Techniques for

Dimensions Of Change

Dimensions of Culture

Dimensions of Relational Work

Direct Effects Model

Direct Marketing

Direct Materials

Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

Direct Response Marketing

Direction, Discovery and Destiny

Directive Leadership

Discussions, Recent

Disagreeing with a Superior

Discounted Cash Flow

Discount Pricing

Discussion Leadership

Disintermediation

Dispositional Attribution

Disruptive Innovation

Distinctive Capabilities

Distress Liquidation value

Distribution Channel

Distress Restructuring

Diversification

Diversity Management

Dividend Discount Model

Dividend Payout Ratio

Divisional Organization Structure

Division of Work

Doing the right Things

Doing things Right

Door in the Face

Double Declining Balance Depreciation Method

Double-loop Learning

Doughnut Economics

Drotter, Stephen

Dual Board Structure

Dual Commitment

Dual Operating System

Dueling Focus Groups

Dunning, Stephen

Dynamic Capabilities

Dynamic Regression

E

Early, Christopher

Earned Value Management

Earnings Before Interest After Taxes

Earnings Before Interest and Tax

Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortization

Earnings Management

Earnings Per Share

Economic Margin

Economic Value Added

Economies of Scale

Editing a Posting on 12manage

Edmondson, Amy C.

Edvinsson, Leif

Effective Rate Of Return

Efficiency Wage

Efficient Consumer Response

Efficient Market Hypothesis

Ego Gratification

Eight Disciplines Problem Solving

Eisenhower Matrix

Elasticity Of Demand

Elasticity Of Supply

Embodied Knowledge

Emergent Strategy

Emerging Markets

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Security

Employee Appraisal

Employee Attitude Survey

Employee Background Checks

Employee Benefits

Employee Commitment

Employee Creativity, Stimulating

Employee Development

Employee Engagement

Employee Empowerment

Employee Feedback

Employee Motivation

Employee Productivity

Employee Retention

Employee Selection

Employee Stock Options

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Empowerment Of Employees

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANAGEMENT by Discipline

Enterprise Agility

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Performance Management

Entrepreneurial Government

Entrepreneurial Organization

Entrepreneurial School of Strategy Formation

Entrepreneurial Startup

Entrepreneurial Strategy Compass

Entry of Competitors

Environmental Consonance

Environmental Insurance

Environmental School of Strategy Formation

Environmental Uncertainties

Equity Turnover

Erlicher, Harry

Errors and Omissions Insurance

Espoused Values

Esprit De Corps

Ethical Collapse, Signs Of

European-Style Option

Evidence-Based Management

Exclusive Distribution

Execution as Efficiency

Execution as Learning

Execution of Strategy

Executive Assistant

Executive Compensation

Existence, Relatedness, Growth

Expectancy Theory

Expectant Stakeholders

Experience Curve

Explicit Knowledge

Exploratory Factor Analysis

Exploratory Focus Group

Exponential Smoothing

Extended Enterprise

Extended Marketing Mix

Extended Producer Responsibility

External Attribution

External Capital

External Deliverable

External Environment

External Environment Analysis

External Corporate Governance

External Stakeholders

Ex-works Pricing

F

Face to Face Communication

Facilitation Styles

Facilitative Interventions

Facility Management

Factor Endowments

Factory Gate Pricing

False Consensus Bias

FAQ ABOUT MANAGEMENT

Feasibility Study

Feedback, Constructive

Feedback, Receiving

Festinger, Leon

Feudal Domination

Fifth Discipline

Figurative Language

FiMO/RECoIL Framework

Financial Control Parenting Style

Financial Covenants

Financial Economies of Scale

Financial Incentive

Financial Inclusion

Financial Leverage

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Finding Something on 12manage

Firm Commitment Contract

First-In First-Out

First-mover Advantage

First Round Financing

Fishbone Diagram

Five Disciplines

Five Steps Planning

Flat Organizational Structure

Flexible Benefits

Foot in the Door

Forced Compliance

Force Field Analysis

Force Field Diagram

Forget Borrow Learn

Formal Organization

Formal Strategic Planning

Formal Structure

Forming of a Team

Fornbrun, Charles J.

Forrester, Jay W.

Forward Integration

Foster, Richard D.

Four Primary Traits

Four P's of Persuasion

Fourteen Points of Management

Fourteen Principles Of Management

Four Trajectories of Industry Change

Free Rider Problem

French and Raven

Friendly Takeover

Fringe Benefits

Frustration-Regression Principle

Full Cost Method

Full Truck Loads

Fully Diluted EPS

Functional Benchmarking

Functional Manager

Functional Structure

Functional Team

Functions of Managers

Fundamental Analysis

Fundamental attribution error

Futures Contract

G

Gantt, Henry Laurence

Garbage Can Model

Gavetti, Giovanni

GE Business Screen

Generate a New Idea

General Management

Generic Benchmarking

Generic Competition

Generic Strategies

Genius Forecasting

Geographic Growth Vector

Geographic Segmentation

Gerbner, George

Ghandi, Mahatma

Gilbert, James L.

Give your Opinion about 12manage

Golden Handcuff

Golden Handshake

Golden Parachute

Goldratt, Eliyahu

Goleman, Daniel | 2

Good and Bad Guy

Goold, Michael | 2

Gordon, William J.J.

Governance, Corporate

Govindarajan, Vijay

Grapevine Communication

Green Marketing

Great Man Theory Of Leadership

Greenleaf, Robert K.

Greiner, Larry E.

Grönroos, Christian

Gross Domestic Product

Gross Profit Percentage

Group Facilitation

GROW Model (Coaching)

Guaranteed Bond

Guard Dog Theory

Gummesson, Evert

Gut Feeling | 2

H

Hagberg, Janet O.

Hagberg Model Of Personal Power

Hamel, Gary | 2

Hammer, Michael | 2

Hampden-Turner, Charles

Hard Change Approach

Harvest Strategy

Harvey, Jerry B.

Haspeslagh, Philippe

Hawthorne Effect

Hawthorne Experiments

Hax, Arnaldo C.

Heider, Fritz | 2

Heinsohn, Gunnar

HELP ON 12manage

Henderson, Bruce

Herzberg, Frederick

Hierarchical Organization Structure (2)

Hierarchy of Needs

Hiring Employees

Hofstede, Geert

Holmes, Sherlock

Horizontal Agreement

Horizontal Diversification

Horizontal Integration

Horizontal Merger

Hoshin Kanri - Policy Deployment

Hospitality Management

Hostile Takeover

House of Quality

Hovland, Carl I.

Human Capital Index

Human Capital Stewart

Human Motivation

Human Motivation Principles

Human Resources Audit

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Human Resource Management Roles

Humphrey, Albert

Hygiene Factors

Hypodermic Needle Theory

I

Idea Generation

Idea of the Day, Management

Illusion of Control Bias

Impact/Value framework

Impersonal Communication

Implementer Role, Belbin

Impoverished Style

Impression Management

Incentive Program

Inclusive Finance

Inclusive Value Measurement

Income Statement

Incomplete Leader

Incremental Improvement

Induced Compliance

Inductive Reasoning

Industry Analysis

Industry Attractiveness

Industry Change

Industry Life Cycle

Industry Structure

Inference to the Best Explanation

Influencer Marketing

Influencing Others Without Authority

Informal Organization

Informal Structure

Information, Giving And Receiving

Information Management

Information Technology

Informative Intervention

Initial Public Offering

Inorganic Growth

Innovation Adoption Curve

Innovation Capital

Innovation, Diffusion of

Innovation Leaders, Types

Innovation Management

Innovation Strategy

Inside-out Strategy

Installment Sales Method

Institutional Investors

Instrumental Approach

Instrumental Communication

Instrumentality

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets Monitor

Integrative Thinking

Intellectual Capital

Intellectual Capital Rating

Interactive Control Systems

Interdisciplinary Team

Interim Management

Internal Attribution

Internal Benchmarking

Internal Capital

Internal Controls

Internal Corporate Governance

Internal Deliverable

Internal Rate of Return

Internal Stakeholders

International Accounting Standards

International Communication

Internet Impact

Internet Reputation

Internet Strategy

Interpersonal Skills

Intrapreneurship

Intrinsic Stakeholder Commitment

Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline

Inventory Shrinkage

Investing in Securities, Derivatives

Investment Center

Investment Management

Investor Sentiment

INVITING OTHERS TO 12manage

IPMA Competence Baseline (ICB)

Ishikawa Diagram

Ishikawa, Kaoru

Itemized Response Approach

IT, Strategic Grid

J

Jennings, Marianne M.

Job Enlargement

Job Order Costing

Jobs to be Done

Judgement Noise

Just-World Effect

K

Kahneman, Daniel

Kapferer, Jean-Noël

Kaplan, Robert | 2 | 3 | 4

Katz, Elihu | 2

Keller, Kevin Lane

Kepner-Tregoe Matrix

Key Performance Indicator

Knowledge Assets

Knowledge Creation | 2

Knowledge Facilitator

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Knowledge Management (Collison)

Koestler, Arthur

Kotter, John | 2

Kramer, Mark R.

L

Labor Productivity

Larreche, Srinivasan

Last-In First-Out

Laswell’s Communication Model

Laswell, Harold

Latent Stakeholders

Lateral Thinking

Latitude of Acceptance

Latitude of Non-Commitment

Latitude of Rejection

Lazarsfeld, Paul | 2

Leadership Continuum

Leadership Development

Leadership Grid

Leadership Pipeline

Leadership Results

Leadership Roles

Leadership Styles

Leadership Styles by Country

Leadership vs. Management

Lead Time Reduction

Lean Manufacturing

Lean Production

Learned Needs Theory

Learning From Mistakes

Learning-by-Doing

Learning Organization

Learning School of Strategy Formation

Learning Styles

Lefebvre, Craig

Legitimate Power

Less Than Truckloads

Level 5 Leadership

Levels of Human Existence

Leveraged Buy-out

Leveraged Recapitalization

Levers of Control

Levitt, Theodore | 2

Lewin, Kurt | 2 | 3

LIFO Liquidation

Liking a Contribution on 12manage

Limited Effects Theory

Line-staff Structure

Linking to 12manage

Liquidation Value

Liquidity Ratio

Litwin, George H.

Logical Incrementalism

Logistics Management

Loss Aversion Bias

Love and Belongingness Needs

Low Ball Technique

Loyalty Program

Ludenic Theory of Newsreading

Luehrman, Timothy A.

M

Machine Bureaucracy

Macro-Environment

Magic Bullet Theory

MAKING DECISIONS

Management Accounting

Management Activities

Management Board

Management Buy-out

Management by Design

Management by Exception

Management by Objectives

Management Concepts, Top-10

Management Contract

Management Control

Management Development

MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA by Discipline

Management Feedback

Management Functions

Management Idea of the Day

Management Levels

Management Links

Management Metaphors

Management Performance

Management Principles

Management Product

MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS, Ask any

MANAGEMENT QUOTES, Famous

Management Roles

Management Science | 2

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Management Stages

MANAGEMENT START PAGE

Management Succession Planning

MANAGEMENT TOOLS

MANAGEMENT VIEWS

Management vs. Leadership

MANAGEMENT WISDOM

Manager, Disgreeing with

Managerial Competency Traits

Managerial Entrenchment

Managerial Grid

Managerial Roles

Managerial Skills

MANAGING CHANGE

Managing for Value

Managing Successful Programmes

Mangurian, Glenn

Manuals of 12manage

Margerison, Charles J.

Marginal Costing

Marginal Cost Pricing

Market Capitalization

Market Development

Marketing Communications Mix

Marketing Economies of Scale

Marketing Strategy

Market Penetration

Market Segmentation

Market Value Added

Maslow, Abraham

Mass Communication

Mass Communication Theories

Mass Customization

Mass, Nathaniel

Materials Management

Matrix Organization

Matrix Structure

Mauborgne, Renée

MBA (Master of Business Administration)

MBO (Management Buy-out)

MBO (Management By Objectives)

McCallum, Daniel

McCarthy, E. Jerome

McClelland, David

McCombs, Maxwell

McGahan, Anita M.

McGregor, Douglas

McKinsey 7-S Framework

McKinsey Matrix

McQuail, Dennis | 2

McTaggart, James M.

Means / Source of Verification

Mechanistic Systems

Media Communication

Media Consumers

Media Functions

Media System Dependency Theory

Mere Exposure Effect

Mergers And Acquisitions

Merton, Robert K. | 2

Meyer and Allen Model of Commitment

Mezzanine Level Financing

Microfinance Channel

Microfinance Institution

Middle Management

Middle-of-the-road Style

Miles, Lawrence D.

Mintzberg, Henry | 2 | 3 | 4

Mirroring and Matching

Mission Statement

Model of Organizational Performance and Change

Model of Personal Power

Moderation Model

Modified Accrual Accounting

Modified Book Value

Modifying a Posting on 12manage

Monitor Evaluator Role, Belbin

Monomorphic Opinion Leadership

Months to Burnout

Moral Incentive

Mosakowski, Elaine

Most Popular Management Concepts

Motivated Employees, Effect of

Motivation Factors

Motivating Knowledge Workers

Motivation of Employee

Mourkogiannis, Nikos

M'Pherson, Philip

Multi Channel Marketing

Multidisciplinary Team

Multiple Sourcing

Multi-rater Feedback

Multi-segment Marketing

Multi-Step Flow Theory

Multitasking Behavior

Multitasking Consumer

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

N

Nalebuff, Barry

Narrative Approach

Nationalization

Need for Achievement

Need for Affiliation

Needs, Hierarchy Of

Negative Covenants

Net Operating Profit After Taxes

Net Present Value

Net Present Value of Growth Opportunities

Network Economy

Networking with 12manage

Network Organization

Niche Marketing

Nielsen Ratings

Noelle-Neumann, Elisabeth

Nonaka, Ikujiro

Non-critical Items

Non-current Assets

Non-Governmental Organization

Non-linear Causality

Non-Systemic Risk

Nonviolent Communication

Normalized Earnings

Normative Approach

Normative Beliefs

Normative Decision Theory

Normative Power

Norton, David | 2 | 3

O

Objective Analysis Tree

Objectives, Setting

Obrycki, Daniel J.

Objectively Verifiable Indicators

Observe, Orient, Decide And Act

Observing Facts

Off-Balance Sheet Financing

Office of Strategy Management

Offloading Assets

One-Tier Board Structure

One to Many Communication

One-to-one Marketing

Online Corporate Reputation

Operating Cash Flow

Operating Cycle

Operating Earnings

Operating Lease

Operating Profit

Operating Profit Percentage

Operational Agility

Operational CRM

Operational Excellence

Operations Management

Operations Research

Operations Strategy

OPINIONS ABOUT 12manage

Opportunistic Behavior

Opportunity Cost

Orderly Liquidation Value

Order Management

Organic Systems

Organizational Absorption

Organizational Agility

Organizational Capital

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Organizational Chart

Organizational Choice

Organizational Commitment

Organizational Configurations

Organizational Culture | 2

Organizational Development

Organizational DNA

Organizational Growth

Organizational Growth Effectiveness

Organisational Hierarchy

Organizational Learning

Organizational Memory

Organizational Performance And Change

Organizational Power

Organizational Problem Areas, Checklist

Organizational Project Management Maturity Model

Organizational Resilience

Organizational Structure

Organization Chart

Organization Design

Organization Culture | 2

Osgood, Charles

Osterwalder, Alexander

Outside-in Strategy

Outsourcing of Innovation

Overconfidence Bias

P

Pacesetting Leadership

Packhard, Vance

Paralysis by Analysis

Parental Value Creation

Parenting Advantage

Parenting Styles

Pareto Principle

Parochial Self-Interest

Participative Leadership

Participative Management

Parkinson's Law

Pascal, Richard Tanner

Pathfinder Card

Path-Goal Theory

Pay for Performance

Penetration Pricing

Penetration Strategy

Pension Parachute

People Capability Maturity Model

Perceived Value Pricing

Percentage of Completion Method

Performance Appraisal

Performance Management, Business

Performance Management, Employee

Performance Prism

Performance Review

Performance Risk and Valuation Investment technology

Performing of A Team

Perishability | 2

Permission Marketing

Perpetual Warrant

Personal Agility

Personal Assistant

Personal Belief Bias

Personal Messages on 12manage

PERSONAL SKILLS

Personnel Management Types

Persuasion Techniques

Persuasion Theory

Persuasive Written Message

Peter Principle

Pettigrew, Andrew

Phantom Stock Plan

Phenomenological Focus Group

Physical Distribution

Physical Evidence

Physiological Needs

Pierce, Charles Sanders

Planning Fallacy Bias

Planning School of Strategy Formation

Plant Role, Belbin

Plausibility Theory

Play Theory of Mass Communication

Pluralistic Ignorance

Poetic Principle

Poincaré, Henri

Polanyi, Michael

Policy Deployment - Hoshin Kanri

Political, Economic, Social, Technological Analysis

Political Risks

Politics, Corporate

Polymorphic Opinion Leadership

Pomodoro Technique

Poor Performance of Employee

Popular Management Concepts

Porter, Michael E. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Portfolio Agility

Portfolio Insurance

Portfolio Management (Strategic) | 2 | 3

Positioning School of Strategy Formation

Positive Deviance

Positive Principle

Posting Anynymously on 12manage

Post-Merger Integration

Power / Dynamism Matrix

Power / Interest Matrix

Power, Legitimacy And Urgency Model

Power, Personal

Power School of Strategy Formation

Prahalad, C.K. | 2 | 3 | 4

Pre-Employment Screening

Preferred Stock

Prescriptive Intervention

Presentation Mistakes and Tips

Preventive Maintenance

Price Sensitivity

Price to Earnings Ratio

Price to Earning to Growth Ratio

Primary Stakeholders

Principles of Innovation

Principles of Management

Principles of Reinvention

Principles of Scientific Management

Prisoner's Dilemma

Privacy and Cookie Policy of 12manage

Private Emails on 12manage

Private Incubators

Proactive Downsizing

Proactive Risk Management

Problem Analysis Tree

Process, Context, Content

Process Costing

Process Culture

Process Modeling

Procurement Positioning Matrix

Produce or Perish Style

Producer, Administrator, Entrepreneur, Integrator

Product Category Competition

Product Competition

Product Development | 2

Production Economies of Scale

Productive Maintenance

Product Leadership

Product Life Cycle

Product/Market Grid

Product, Price, Place, Promotion

Professional Bureaucracy

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Professional Liability Insurance

Professional Networking

Profitability over Responsibility

Profit and Loss Statement

Pro Forma Earnings

Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Program Measurement

Programme Management Maturity Model

Project Deliverable

Project Downsizing

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Management Body of Knowledge

Project Milestone

Project Overview

Project Planning Matrix

Project Success Factors

Promise, Picture, Proof, and Push

Promotional Pricing

Proportional Representation

Proportional Voting

Pryor, Dr. Mildred Golden

Psychographic Segmentation | 2

Psychological Pricing

Psychological Safety at Workplace

Public Incubators

Public Relations

Public Services Outsourcing

Purchasing Economies of Scale

Purchasing Management

Purchasing Patterns

Purchasing Portfolio

Purpose, Corporate

Pursuing Enlightened Self-Interest

Pygmalion Effect

Pyramid of Maslow

Pyramid Principle

Pyramid, Bottom Of the

Q

Quality Function Deployment

Qualitative Investment Analysis

QUALITY MANAGEMENT | 2

Quantitative Investment Analysis

QUESTION ABOUT MANAGEMENT, Ask any

Quick Response Manufacturing

Quinn, James Brian

Quotes on Business Ethics, Famous

Quotes on Change and Organizations, Famous

Quotes on Communication, Famous

Quotes on Decision-making, Famous

Quotes on Finance and Investing, Famous

Quotes on HRM, Famous

Quotes on Knowledge Management, Famous

Quotes on Leadership, Famous

Quotes on Marketing, Famous

Quotes on Project Management, Famous

Quotes on Quality, Famous

Quotes on Strategy, Famous

Quotes on SCM, Famous

R

RADAR Scoring Matrix

Ramaswamy, Venkatram

Rapid Deployment Specialist

Rating a Contribution on 12manage

Rationalization

Rätselvermehrung

Reacquired Stock

Reacting Anynymously on 12manage

Reactive Downsizing

Reassurance of Worth

Recallability Trap

Recapitalization

Recovering Investments

Recruiter, Role

Redemption Value

Red Ocean Strategy

Reframing Organizations Bolman Deal

Regression Analysis

Reflective Urgency

Relational Capital

Relation Analysis

Relationship Builder

Relationship Marketing

Relative Value of Growth

Remanufacturing

Remunerative Incentive

Rendanheyi Model

Repeat Purchases

Repetition-Validity Effect

Reported Earnings

Reputation, Corporate

Reputation, Online

Required Rate of Return

Required Return

Residual Income

Resilience, Organizational

Resistance To Change

Resistance To Change, Reasons for

Resolving a Business Argument

Resource-Based View

Resource Investigator Role, Belbin

Responsibilities, Assigning

Responsibility, Corporate

Responsibility Over Profitability

Restraining Forces

Result Oriented Management

Results-Based Leadership

Retailers, Types of

Retained Earnings

Retention Ratio

Retroductive Reasoning

Return on Capital Employed

Return on Equity

Return on Invested Capital

Return on Investment

Return on Net Assets

Return on Sales

Revenue Recognition

Reverse Auction

Reverse Logistics

Reverse Positioning

Reverse Takeover

Review of 163 Leadership Trait Studies

REVIEWS OF 12manage

RFID Technology

Risk-bearing Economies Of Scale

Risk Management, Credit

Risk Management, Pro-active

Risk Management, Strategic

Rivkin, Jan. W.

Rogers, Everett

Root Cause Analysis

S

Safe Harbor Statement

Safety Management

Sale and Leaseback

Sales Management

Salience Transfer

Scenario Planning

Schiller, Herbert J.

Schmidt (the Good worker)

Schools of Thought

Schnelle, Wolfgang and Eberhard

Scientific Management

Scorched Earth Defense

Search Engine Optimization

SEARCH on 12manage

Secondary Market Offerings

Second-mover Strategy

Second Round Financing

Secondary Stakeholders

Segmented Marketing

Selection of Employees

Selective Distribution

Self-Actualization

Self-Censorship

Self-Directed Team

Self-Esteem Needs

Self-Managed Team

Self-Presentation

Self-serving Bias

Sell-Side Analyst

Sending a Private Message to a Member

Servant-Leadership

Service Industry

Service-Dominant Logic

Service Management

Service Quality

Services Marketing

Seven Dimensions of Culture

Seven Signs Of Ethical Collapse

Seven Surprises

Shadow Stock Plan

Shaper Role, Belbin

SHARE 12manage with Friends & Peers

Shareholders’ Equity

Shareholder Value

Shareholder Value Perspective

Share of Wallet

Shark Repellent

Sharpe, William

Sherif, Muzafer

Shopping Cart, Abandonment

Short and Distort

Silverman, George Abraham

Simon, Herbert | 2

Single-loop Learning

Single Sourcing

Situational Analysis

Situational Attribution

Situational LeadershipⓇ

Situational Theory

Six Category Intervention Analysis

Six Thinking Hats

Skandia Navigator

Slow Innovation

Slywotzky, Adrian J.

Smart Card 12manage

Social Judgment Theory

Social Marketing

Social Responsibility

Soft Change Approach

Soft Systems Methodology

Span of Control

Specialist Product

Specialist Role, Belbin

Special Purpose Vehicle

Spiral Dynamics

Spiral Of Silence

Staff Management

Stages Of Hypercompetition

Stages Of Personal Power

Stages Of Team Development

Staggered Board of Directors

Stakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder Approach

Stakeholder Mapping

Stakeholder Value Perspective

Standard Cost Pricing

Standard Operating Procedures

Standstill Agreement

Star Model (Galbraith)

START PAGE ON MANAGEMENT

Startup Business Strategy Frame

Start-up Company

Status Quo Bias

Statutory Voting

Stealth Positioning

STEEPLE Analysis

Stephenson, William

Stimulus – Resistance – Response

Stimulus – Response

Stock Appreciation Rights

Stockless Production

Stock Option Plan

Stock Purchase Plan

Straight Line Depreciation | 2

Strategic Agility

Strategic Alignment

Strategic Alliance

Strategic Analysis

Strategic Business Unit

Strategic Control Parenting Style

Strategic Cost Analysis

Strategic Distress

Strategic Grid For IT

Strategic Infliction Point

Strategic Information Systems

Strategic Intent

Strategic Items

Strategic Management

Strategic Marketing

Strategic Momentum

Strategic Options Analysis

Strategic Performance Management

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Parenting Style

Strategic Planning Process Steps Armstrong

Strategic Portfolio Planning

Strategic Reasoning

Strategic Resilience

Strategic Risk Management

Strategic Sequence

Strategic Stakeholder Management

Strategic Stretch

Strategic Synergy

Strategic Thrusts

Strategic Triangle | 2

Strategic Types

Strategic Use of IT

Strategic Vision

Strategic Window

Strategy Analysis

Strategy Change Cycle

Strategy Dynamics

Strategy Execution

Strategy Formation

Strategy Process Steps Armstrong

Strategy Schools Mintzberg

Strategy Validation

Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Structural Integration

Structured Writing

Structure Follows Strategy

Stuck in the Middle

Subliminal Advertizing

Subordination of Individual Interest

Subscription Ratio

Subscription Right

Substitution Effect

Succession Planning

SUGGESTIONS FOR 12manage

Sum of Years Digits Depreciation Method

Superior, Disgreeing with

Supervisors Skills

Supervisory Board

Supplier Collection

Supplier Evaluation

Supplier Managed Inventory

Supplier Rating

Supply Chain Cost Reduction

Supply Chain Design

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Supply Chain Planning

Supportive Intervention

Supportive Leadership

Survivorship Bias

Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Sveiby, Karl-Erik

Synchromarketing

Synthetic Thinking

System Dynamics

Systems Thinking

T

Tacit Knowledge

Takeuchi, Hirotaka

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

Talent Management

Tangible Assets

Tangible Book Value

Tannebaum, Percy

Target Autonomy

Targeted Repurchase

Target Marketing

Taylor, Frederick Winslow

Team Development

Team Management Profile

Team Management Wheel

Team Member Behavior

Team Roles Theory, Belbin

Teamworker Role, Belbin

Technical Analysis

Technical Problems

Technological Forecasting

Technology Adoption

Ten Commandments for Media Consumers

Ten Principles of Urwick

Ten Schools of Thought

Terms and Conditions 12manage

Tertiary Sector

Theory Of Constraints

Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

Theory Of Mechanistic and Organic Systems

Theory of Needs

Theory Of Planned Behavior

Theory of Reasoned Action

Theory X Theory Y

Thinking Preferences

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

Threat of Substitutes

Three Dimensional Business Definition

Three Horizons of Growth McKinsey

Three Levels of Culture

Three Needs Theory

Tie-in Marketing

Time Distance Complexity Matrix

Time-Driven Activity Based Costing

Time Management

Time Sensitivity

Time Value of Money

Too Big To Fail

Too Interconnected to Fail

Top-10 Management Concepts

Top-down Approach

Total Business Return

Total Cost of Ownership

Total Productive Maintenance

Total Productive Manufacturing

Total Quality Management

Total Shareholder Return

Tough-Guy Macho Culture

Toxic Employees

Trade Advertising

Trade Marketing

Trade Marketing Mix

Traditional Warrant

Training Within Industry

Trait Leadership Theory

Trajectories Of Industry Change

Transactional Factors

Transactional Leadership

Transaction Cost Economics

Transfer Pricing

Transformational Business Model

Transformational Factors

Transformational Leadership

Transmission Model

Transparency, Corporate

Treacy, Michael

Trice, Harrison

Triple Bottom Line

Triple Constraints

Trompenaar, Fons

Turnaround Consultants

Turnaround Management

Turnaround Plan

Turnaround Process

Turnkey Contract

Tutorials of 12manage

Twelve Principles Of the Network Economy

Twenty Thinker's Keys

Two Factor Theory

Two Step Flow Model

Two-Tier Board Structure

Two-sided Focus Groups

Types of Corporate Cultures

Types Of Work Model

U

Ulrich, Dave | 2

Uncertainty Avoidance

Unconnected Problems

Undercapitalization

Undifferentiated Marketing

Undistributed Profits

Unfreezing, Moving, Refreezing

Unique Selling Proposition

Unitairy Board Structure

Unity of Command

Unity of Direction

Unsegmented Marketing

Updating a Posting on 12manage

Uses and Gratifications Theory

V

Validity Effect

Value Based Management

Value Creation Index

Value Disciplines

Value Engineering

Value for Money Audit

Value Management

Value of IT | 2

Value Profit Chain

Value Proposition

ValueReporting Framework

Values and Lifestyles

Value Stream Mapping

Variable Costing

Vendor Managed Inventory

Venture Capital

Venture Funding

Vertical Agreement

Vertical Diversification

Vertical Integration

Vertical Merger

Vicarious Consumption

VIEWS ON MANAGEMENT

Virtual Business

Virtual Company

Visionary Leadership | 2

Vision Statement

Voting Rights Plan

Vroom, Victor | 2

Vulture Capitalist

W

Waldroop, James

Waste Management

Water Management

Web Marketing Mix

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Wheel of Consumer Analysis

White Collar Crime

Whole Brain Model

Williamson, O.E.

Window of Opportunity

Wiseman, Rackoff, Ulrich

Word of Mouth Marketing

Work Absenteeism

Work-based Competencies

Work Breakdown Structure

Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Workers’ Liability Insurance

Workforce Reducation

Work-Hard, Play-Hard Culture

Working Capital

Working Capital Ratio

Work-Life Balance

Work Presenteeism

World Class Manufacturing

X

Y

Yerkes-Dockson Law

Yield Management

Yield to Maturity

Yunus, Muhammad

Z

Zaltman, Gerald

Zeithaml, Valarie A.

Zero Based Budgeting

Zimbardo, Philip G.

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