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Rapid Review

  • Fayol: planning, organizing, commanding/leading, coordinating, and controlling.

  • Systems view: open, interdependent subsystems transform inputs into outputs and use feedback; contingency view: the suitable method depends on the situation.

  • Maslow: physiological →\rightarrow safety →\rightarrow social →\rightarrow esteem →\rightarrow self-actualization.

  • Herzberg: hygiene factors prevent dissatisfaction; motivators create positive satisfaction. McGregor: Theory X and Y are managerial assumptions.

  • Tuckman: forming →\rightarrow storming →\rightarrow norming →\rightarrow performing →\rightarrow adjourning.

  • Control: standard →\rightarrow measure →\rightarrow compare →\rightarrow correct; feed-forward, concurrent, and feedback controls differ by timing.

  • MIS levels: TPS supports operations, MIS supports tactical management, and DSS/EIS supports strategic decisions.

  • SWOT: strengths and weaknesses are internal; opportunities and threats are external. PESTLE scans the external macro-environment.

  • Porter: entry, suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and rivalry shape industry competition; generic strategies are cost leadership, differentiation, and focus.

  • Carroll: economic →\rightarrow legal →\rightarrow ethical →\rightarrow philanthropic responsibility; the triple bottom line is people, planet, and profit.

  • STP: segment the market, select targets, and position the offer. PLC: introduction, growth, maturity, decline.

  • Marketing mix: product, price, place, promotion, people, process, and physical evidence.