unique Social psych analyses the individual in the context of a social situation‚ and it aims to identify universal human nature traits that makes everyone susceptible to social influences‚ regardless of social class or culture Fundamental attribution error explaining our own or other peoples’ behavior based on personality characteristics alone. Underestimates social influence Behaviorism Approach to understanding behavior through only reinforcing properties of events. (Positive‚ negative
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Group work is the one thing that cannot be avoided no matter whom you work for or no matter how many people work for you. Synergic group work could give a company the competitive edge that is required to become a market leader while entropic group work is likely to cause a catastrophe. In the process of doing the group report on a virtual business in the tourism industry‚ I have managed to find different aspects of group work that I could improve upon and certain aspects that I should keep the same
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in the context of managing organizations. The case study that will be used to analyze these conditions and theories deals with The Portman Hotel Company-San Francisco. Three issues will be addressed in the following order: fundamental attribution error‚ Expectancy Theory‚ and Operant Conditional Theory. First‚ a brief description will be provided for each theory‚ then how the theories relate to the case study will be analyzed‚ and finally‚ recommendations will be provided in an attempt to correct
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wanted Chen to work in auditing he gave allowances to his stand and let Chen move to tax after two completing two months of audit work. Until this point though Shorter was resisting his requests Chen finally got what he wanted. 2. What was Chen’s attribution of his not being assigned to tax? Chen did not have enough auditing experience‚ according to company policy‚ to be assigned a tax assignment. Also Chen was part of the company strategy to attract Hong Kong clients and his tax interests did not fall
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Their findings indicate that subordinates’ attributions of their superiors’ behavior influenced both their attitudes and their behavior toward the superiors‚ even though the attributions were in part derived from incorrect or oversimplified assumptions. Within the second research tradition‚ Green and Mitchell (1979) introduced an early model of attributional processes in leader–subordinate interactions. According to this model‚ leaders’ attributions are based on the observed behavior of a subordinate
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List of learning diary tasks: • Identify mission & vision and do a Leavitt‟s model analysis on Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market. • Classify motivation theories under process and content oriented theories. • Write 2 examples based on organization (1 example each on Internal attribution error & external attribution error) i.e. Kelley model and one example each from organization. • Analyze what is perception‚ mis-perception and shaped perception in the case: The Coca-Cola Company Way. • Find
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INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION & INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES • Perceptual processes • Attribution processes • Semantics • Cultural context • Communication skills Perceptual processes: Processes individuals use to acquire and make sense out of information from the environment Three stages of perception: • Selecting Filtering of stimuli so that only some information gets our attention • Organising Patterning of information to match familiar patterns • Interpreting Giving meaning to selected and organised information
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of self and environment. Each individual is unique and therefore has gained different experiences of the world based on needs‚ values‚ feelings‚ knowledge‚ interests and other characteristics that influence the way we form impressions and make attributions about human behaviour. Self-concept and perception are so closely related that they are often difficult to separate. While self-concept is how one sees oneself‚ perception is how one looks at others and the world around him. As our total awareness
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Question 1: How would you evaluate Marie’s performance in terms of consensus‚ distinctiveness and consistency? Consensus: In terms of consensus‚ Marie’s performance is low‚ because others in her same circumstances‚ that being her team generally perform better and faster‚ instead of about the same. Given her credentials‚ it could be assumed that she would perform at least as well as her co-workers‚ but since they are all performing better‚ it must be a problem specific to Mary causing her low performance
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QUESTION: As a manager in an organisation‚ discuss how your study of perception contributes to your understanding of behaviour of people in your organisation. Perception varies from person to person. Different people perceive different things about the same situation. People’s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is‚ not on reality itself. It is our personal perception of that reality which shapes and directs our behaviour and not some objective understanding of external reality
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