ext and internal messages (rationale for decisions) through goal setting and planning, managers learn what the organization is trying to accomplish. they can make decisions to ensure that internal policies, roles, performance, structure, product, and expenditures will be made in accordance with desires outcomes.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Rubicon. The Rubicon is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, about 80 kilometres long, running from the Apennine Mountains to the Adriatic Sea through the southern Emilia-Romagna region, between the towns of Rimini and Cesena. The Latin word rubico comes from the adjective rubeus, meaning red.
Julius Caesar, 44 BC. Printer Friendly Version >>>. In January of 49 BC, Julius Caesar led his army across the Rubicon River in Northern Italy (see Caesar Crosses the Rubicon, 49 BC) and plunged the Roman Republic into civil war. Caesar's rival, Pompey, fled to Greece.