Unit nine Final Project Kaplan University School Of Business and Management MT 302 Organizational Behaviors Author: Cynthia Taplett-Hartman Professor: Rhonda Shannon Date: March 30‚ 2013 Question 1: Think of a present/past work environment you have been in (or use example from your course material)‚ and then assess organizational behavior practices you observed that fostered the effect of positive change(s) within the organization. Cite relevant examples from your personal
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Organizational Group Behavior and Communication Chris Bevins COM 425 Communication in Organizations Willetra Brittian 18 Jul 2010 Organizational Group Behavior and Communication People are an organization’s most important and valuable resource. How they interact and communicate can be one of the most important aspects of an organization’s success. The knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities people of today possess offer limitless opportunities to maximize work center effectiveness. People not only come
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Organizational Behavior – is the understanding of how organizations work and how to have people perform efficiently. It is extracted from different areas of study‚ and is interested in how these fields are integrated into workplace behavior. Basic Leadership Model – knowledge of OB x behavioral skills = leadership effectiveness Organizational Behavior – 1) individual level is where members make sense of the world and derive motivation. 2) how teams function. How they deal‚ ethical decision
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Diversity in Organizations John P. Crucianelli BUS 610: Organizational Behavior Instructor: Gary Gentry June 10‚ 2012 Diversity in Organizations Managing diversity has become a primary concern for many top organizations. Diversity represents the multitude of individual differences and similarities that exist among people (Kinicki & Kreitner‚ 2009‚ p. 97). There are many different components of diversity‚ hence diversity pertains to everybody. Diversity relates to the host of individual
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Employee Motivation and Organizational Behavior What is Organizational Behavior? Organizational behavior can be defined as the systematic study of the behavior and attitudes of both individuals and groups within organizations Understanding how individuals and groups within organizations act and react with each other in everyday situations can be key to helping managers become more effective both in directing their own activities‚ the activities of their subordinates‚ and in working with others
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literature review explores more than 20 articles which report research conducted on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) and their predictors. Since the 1980s there has been a proliferation on research on this topic. The list of possible predictors/antecedents related to OCB is consequently extensive‚ including variables such as: perception of fairness‚ job satisfaction‚ organizational politics‚ organizational commitment‚ supportive leadership‚ personality‚ and the like. I will summarize the
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Success or Failure in the Organizational Change Process With the current state of the economy today many organizations are faced with the task of implementing organizational change. The change that needs to occur can be either very successful or a complete failure if attention to the details of the change is not explored. The Concord Bookstore is an independent store that faced these challenges during a time of urgency for businesses to restructure in order to achieve a successful strategic renewal
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Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2007.58:479-514. Downloaded from arjournals.annualreviews.org by University Of Maryland on 12/11/06. For personal use only. Michele J. Gelfand‚1 Miriam Erez‚2 and Zeynep Aycan3 1 Department of Psychology‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ Maryland 20742; email: mgelfand@psyc.umd.edu Technion‚ Israel Institute of Technology‚ Technion City‚ Haifa‚ Israel 32000; email: merez@ie.technion.ac.il Department of Psychology‚ Koc University
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MACRO-ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR BUS 765 Facilitator: Harry J. Bury‚ Ph.D. Office: (216) 826-2395 Home: (216) 891-9517 E MAIL: hbury@bw.edu Website: http://homepages.bw.edu/~hbury The macro-perspective provides a broader view of organizational effectiveness by dealing with the major sub-units of the organization rather than individuals and small groups. This perspective deals with employee behavior as well
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Failure Analysis/Organizational Change Strategy LDR/531 November 7‚ 2013 Failure Analysis/Organizational Change Strategy In today’s unstable economy a lot of companies started to be innovative in their business approach. Over the past five years‚ after the economic recession‚ companies faced challenging situation which cause a lot of business to close‚ some still struggles to cope up and only a few managed to survive. This is mainly
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