Accountability, 205–206, 212
Achievement behavior, 298
Adaptive strategies, 165
Adhocracy culture, 371–372, 373f
Administrative theory, 450
Affirmative action, 53, 62–64, 66
compliance with, 68
hostility towards, 63
programs, 225
Affordable Care Act, 157
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 225
Alderfer’s ERG theory, 323, 327
existence need, 324
growth need, 324
relatedness need, 324
v. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 325
Algebraic break-even analysis, 434–435
Allocating skill, 165
Americans with Disabilities Act, 225
Angel investors, 473–474
Argyris’s maturity-immaturity continuum, 323, 327
human needs, 325
v. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 326
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), 90, 90f
Assessment centers, 227
Assimilation approach to pluralism, 65–66
Authentic leadership, 308
Authority, 202, 450
acceptance of, 203
functional, 205
line authority, 203
line-staff relationships, 204
model, 206f
staff authority, 204
staff personnel, 204
Automation, 420–421