FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE & POLICY STUDIES ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ADM 501 SEMESTER JAN-APRIL 2011 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS INSTRUCTIONS: PREPARE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN THE TUTORIAL DISCUSSION. TOPIC 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO OB a) The workforce diversity is one of the emerging trends/challenges in organizational behavior. Describe how the workforce is diversified and briefly identify two consequences of these diversities for organizations. b) Telecommuting has been identified as an important
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135‚000 people‚ and possesses a wide consumer base in more than 135 countries. P&G started as a small family runs soap and candle Business Company now offer products and services of excellent quality and value to customers in 135 countries. P&G is a public limited company. The company lists its stocks on London‚ New York and Paris Stock exchanges. P&G is famous for spending million dollars for its research activities. Its continuous efforts in innovation and research provide a value and a wide range
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Topic 2 Question: Explain why men and women are sometimes frustrated with each other’s communication behaviours. The Qualms of Communication “He never talks to me!” is a common complaint that women have about men. The communication process between men and women has long been of interest for many people from the dawn of time. Copious studies‚ texts‚ novels‚ journals and articles have laboured over and examined communication between men and women and the resultant responses. It is even mentioned
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road‚ you offer help to that individual‚ giving a large tip to a waiter etc. The purest forms of Prosocial behavior are motivated by altruism. Altruism is helping another person even when there is not an observable benefit or reward in doing that behaviour. It is the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost or danger to the helper. For example‚ when someone donates a sum of money anonymously‚ jumping on a railroad track to help a stranger who has fallen. Altruism is helping purly out
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performance of the business Explain the relationship between organisation’s structure and culture. Describe the impact on the performance of the business for different structure and culture. 1b 1.3 discuss the factors which influence individual behaviour at work Identify relevant theories and discuss factors influencing individual behavior at work. 1c LO2 Understand different approaches to management and leadership: 2.1 compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different
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EXC2112 CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR Case: Wii´s Success CASE ONE: NINTENDO WII’S SUCCESS Q1: What consumer needs are driving the success of the market adoption of Nintendo Wii? Consider the innate and acquired needs. Innate needs are ’biogenic’ or ’physiological needs’ which refer to needs such as air‚ food water‚ shelter‚ clothing etc. While acquired needs are those we learn from our culture and surroundings‚ also known as ’psychological’ or ’psychogenic needs’ i.e. affection‚ power‚ learning
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learning model of consumer behaviour. This model has a good description of active information seeking and evaluation processes of consumer. The information processed in this model is the stimulus. The consumer¡¦s decision processes act upon this stimulus in order to determine a response to it. These models attempt to explain each stage and show interrelated between the stages of consumer buyer behaviour from the stimulus‚ through the purchase to post purchase behaviour. The Howard-Sheth model (1969)
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BUS103 ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR ASSIGNMENT 2 – GROUP-BASED ASSIGNMENT JANUARY 2011 SEMESTER GROUP MEMBERS: SONG ZHENYING JESLYN‚ PI NO. Y1073186 LIEW TAT ONN DEREK‚ PI NO M1115287. YEOW KIAN CHING PRINCE‚ PI NO. N1115682 Question 1a Attitude represents our own evaluation on how we feel about something that can be positive or negative. The main components of attitude are affect‚ behaviour and cognition. These three components are interlinked together
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and Northwest China. South China (Hua-nan) includes Fujian‚ Hainan‚ Guangdong provinces and East China (Hua-dong) includes Shanghai‚ Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces are two main growth markets in China‚ those two areas are more advanced in economic system and have more well-off customers than other provinces (Cui&Gu 2000). The geographic feature expressed that Australian’s wine exporters should segment those big cities as their target market in China. Sociocultural
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the person who finally utilizes it. What do you mean by consumer behaviour? It is the study of why‚ how‚ what‚ where‚ and how often do consumers buy and consume different products and services. In other words it refers to the behaviour that consumers display in searching for‚ purchasing‚ using evaluating‚ and disposing of products and services that they expect will satisfy their needs. Definition Of Consumer Behaviour “The behaviour displayed by Consumers while searching for‚ purchasing‚ using‚ evaluating
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