characteristic

(noun)

A distinguishable feature of a person or thing.

Related Terms

Examples of characteristic in the following topics:

  • Job Characteristics Theory

    • The Job Characteristics Theory is a framework for identifying how job characteristics affect job outcomes.
    • The Job Characteristics Theory (JCT), also referred to as Core Characteristics Model and developed by Hackman and Oldham, is widely used as a framework to study how particular job characteristics impact job outcomes, including job satisfaction.
    • The theory states that there are five core job characteristics:
    • The job characteristics directly derive the three states.
    • Analyze the core characteristics, psychological states, and work outcomes in the Job Characteristics Theory, as identified by Hackman and Oldham

  • The Trait-Theory Approach

    • According to trait leadership theory, effective leaders have in common a pattern of personal characteristics that support their ability to mobilize others toward a shared vision.
    • Using traits to explain effective leadership considers both characteristics that are inherited and attributes that are learned.
    • Proximal characteristics are traits that are malleable and can be developed over time.
    • Distal characteristics are more dispositional; that is, people are born with them.
    • Hoffman and others (2011) found that both types of characteristics are correlated with leader effectiveness, implying that while leaders can be born, they can also be made.

  • The Resource-Based View

    • In achieving a competitive advantage, the resource-based view defines characteristics which make a competitive process sustainable.
    • These characteristics are described as valuable, rare, inimitable, and non-substitutable, referred to as VRIN:
    • A company should care for and protect resources that possess these characteristics, because doing so can improve organizational performance.
    • The VRIN characteristics mentioned are individually necessary, but each is insufficient on its own to sustain competitive advantage.
    • Within the framework of the RBV, the chain is as strong as its weakest link, and therefore requires the resource to display each of the four characteristics to be a viable strategy for competitive advantage.

  • Leadership Traits

    • One prominent researcher in trait theory, Stephen Zaccaro, proposes a number of models that show the interplay of the environmental and personality characteristics that make a good leader.
    • In this multistage model, certain distal or remote attributes (such as personal attributes, cognitive abilities, and motives/values) serve as precursors for the development of personal characteristics that more directly shape a leader.
    • Although these characteristics may resemble a laundry list of traits, Zaccaro and many other researchers have shown that they are all predictors of a successful leader.
    • Summarize the key characteristics and traits that are predictive of strong leadership capacity

  • Fulfilling the Controlling Function

    • The characteristic or condition to be controlled - We select a specific characteristic because a correlation exists between it and how the system is performing.
    • The characteristic may be the output of the system during any stage of processing or it may be a condition that is the result of the system.
    • For example, in an elementary school system, the hours a teacher works or the gain in knowledge demonstrated by the students on a national examination are examples of characteristics that may be selected for measurement, or control.
    • The sensor - This is the means for measuring the characteristic or condition.

  • Elements of Managing Control

    • The key elements of a control process include a characteristic to be tested, sensors, comparative standards, and implementation.
    • These include the characteristic or condition being controlled, the sensor, the comparator, and the activator.
    • Condition or Characteristic - Because organizational systems are large and complex, it is virtually impossible to control every aspect of their operations with rigid control mechanisms.
    • Controllers can, however, determine the key conditions or characteristics of output and monitor them.

  • Servant Leadership

    • Spears identified ten characteristics that are central to servant leadership:
    • Define servant leadership using the behaviors and characteristics described by Larry C.

  • Characteristics of Innovative Organizations

    • The following are some examples of characteristics that lead to successful innovation.
    • Outline the critical success factors and characteristics of an adaptable and innovative organizational culture

  • Characteristics of Organizational Structures

    • Important characteristics of an organization's structure include span of control, departmentalization, centralization, and decentralization.

  • Employee Orientation

    • New Employee Characteristics—Though this segment of the model overlaps with other human resource initiatives (such as recruitment and talent management), the characteristics of a new employee are central to the strategies used as the employee moves through the orientation process.
    • Characteristics that are particularly useful in this process are extroversion, curiosity, experience, proactiveness, and openness.