Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts April 2‚ 2005 Organizational behavior encompasses a wide range of topics‚ such as human behavior‚ change‚ leadership‚ and teams. Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people‚ individuals‚ and groups act in organizations. It interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person‚ group‚ organization‚ and social system. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving individual
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Material Included on the Test Test 2 is will cover the 2 classes on self-defeating work behavior (including the articles that I uploaded on eCourseware)‚ the 2 classes on goal setting (including the articles I uploaded on eCourseware)‚ Chapter 7‚ 9‚ (Chapter 10 will not be included on this test)‚ the class lectures‚ and class discussions. Test Format The test format will be identical to Test 1. There will be approximately (give or take a few of each type of question) 15 T/F questions and
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Relationship between Organizational Structure and Culture Since the organizational structure determines how the roles and responsibilities are allocated and how they will be monitored as well as the flow of communication between different levels and sectors‚ it is entirely dependent on the organizations goals and how it wants to reach them. In centralized structures all the decision making power is retained at the top level of management and all the other departments are closely monitored and controlled
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to: * Define management and differentiate between the art and science of management * Review the basic concept and functions of organizational management * Describe the major phases of the development of organizational management * Present the concept of the work setting as a total system II. CONTENT Change involves a sequence of organizational processes that occurs over time. Lewin (1951) suggests this process typically requires three steps: unfreezing‚ moving‚ and refreezing
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What is the study of OB? Organization behavior is the study of people act; think‚ and feel in an organization field or can behaviors of individuals and group in organizations. In other words‚ it focuses on why individuals and groups in the organization act the way they do. Why OB is important to the manager? Research on what managers do show that they fulfill interpersonal‚ informational‚ and decisional roles. Important activities include routine communication‚ traditional management‚ networking
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Managing Communications Incident: A Breakdown in Communications Linda Barry‚ a single mother with three children‚ was hired as an order-entry clerk for a trucking firm. Her first two weeks on the job were spent in a special class from 8 A. M. to 4 P.M.‚ where she learned how to sort‚ code‚ and enter the orders on the computer. An instructor worked with her constantly at first‚ and then less frequently as she gained skill and confidence. Linda was happy to have the job and enjoyed her work schedule
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The Ranch Golf Club Case 1. How do the interpersonal communications skills of Peter Clark affect behavior‚ human relations‚ and performance at the Ranch? A: “Peter Clark has to continually communicate with his partners and managers‚ and nothing takes the place of sitting down face-to-face during regular weekly meetings and listening to each other to continually improve operations.” (Page 174) “Interpersonal skill is the ability to work well with a diversity of people. Interpersonal skills have also
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Erin R. Huggins Organizational Behavior Assignment #1 03/17/2013 a. How often do you encounter "padded" resumes? What is the most common "padding‚" and how do you react to it? Answer: Not that often. Most of our employees require a Master’s Degree and the jobs are not entry level jobs. I have had some applicants’ state they worked at job‚ when in truth they just did an internship there. If this happens‚ I do not consider them for the position. b. Do you verify the information
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Answer the following questions: 1. Administrative theorists concluded many decades ago that the most effective organizations have a narrow span of control. Yet today’s top-performing manufacturing firms have a wide span of control. Why is this possible? Under what circumstances‚ if any‚ should manufacturing firms have a narrow span of control? The best-performing manufacturing operations today rely on self-directed team‚ so direct supervision is supplemented with other coordinating mechanisms
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Question 1 What is attribution theory? What are three determinants of attribution? What are its implications for explaining organizational behaviour? Attribution theory A theory that explains how individuals pinpoint the causes of their own behaviour and that of others. People will believe others actions to be caused by internal or external factors based on three types of information: Distinctiveness‚ Consensus and Consistency. The attributions may not always accurate. For example‚ an executive
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