Organizational Paradigms Introduction The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the three predominant organizational paradigms; rational‚ natural and open systems. Each paradigm has its own unique characteristics and understanding these paradigms can best be understood through real-life examples of the paradigms in use. Before the paradigms are described and related‚ the term organization and organizational theory must be defined. Definitions Applying a specific definition
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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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Assignment 1: Organizational Analysis Tiffany Williams Professor Fortune Nichols Taylor BUS 310 January 31‚ 2013 1. Describe the organization‚ what it does‚ the customers it serves‚ and its size. The organization I work for‚ Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is an organization that exemplifies organizational analysis. An organizational analysis is a process by which an organization’s systems‚ capacity‚ and functionality are assessed in order to increase its efficiency‚ performance
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HealthSouth Corp‚ FINOVA Group‚ Inc. and most especially‚ Enron Corp. have all illustrated the importance of organizational ethics (Jennings‚ 2003; Sims & Brinkmann‚ 2003). This paper provides a summary‚ synthesis and commentary on the topic of ethics in organizations. Based on a review of research in current professional journals‚ a summary of different authors’ views on organizational ethics. Following this‚ a synthesis and commentary on the topic of ethics in organizations is provided. Research:
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The Languages of India belong to several language families‚ the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages (a subbranch of Indo-European) spoken by 74% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 23% of Indians.[1][2] Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austro-Asiatic‚ Tibeto-Burman‚ and a few minor language families and isolates.[3] The official language of the Central Government of Republic of India is Standard Hindi‚ while English is the secondary official language.[4] The constitution
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1 CHAPTER >> Organizational Behavior and Opportunity L E A R N I N G O U T C O M E S 4 Describe the formal and informal elements of an organization. 5 Understand the diversity of organizations in the economy. 6 Evaluate the opportunities that change creates for organizational behavior. After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to do the following: 1 Define organizational behavior. 2 Identify four action steps for responding positively in times of change. 3 Identify the important
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Objective: The objective of this course is to provide a conceptual framework of OB while giving major emphasis on understanding of Individual behaviour in organisations. Outline Syllabus Unit – I ▪ Introduction to Organizational Behaviour Unit –II ▪ Foundations of Individual Behaviour ▪ Learning Unit – III • Perception and attribution Unit-IV
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April 4th‚ 2013 NAME: __________________________ MNGT5590 Organizational Behavior (OB) Midterm Exam‚ Chapters 1-8 1. What is “Palmer’s principle” and why is it important? 2. How is the adult learning model used in this course? 3. Why are self-assessments used in this course? 4. Why are the Hawthorne studies important to OB? What knowledge about human behavior in the workplace was discovered during the Hawthorne studies? 5. What abilities (skills) will managers need to be
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Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory‚ Herzberg’s Motivators- Hygiene theory and Alderfer’s ERG theory. The main similarity among them is they focus on identifying various needs which motivate an individual. It explains motivated performance as individual efforts to meet the needs. These theories provides the way how organization should motivate their employee to achieve optimum performance. It helps in developing dynamic and productive environment which ensure high organizational performance.
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Organizational Structure By: Brian G. Nordmann August 24‚ 2004 With every business that wants to grow and be profitable comes the inevitable‚ and that is change. Change is part of any organization be it a religious‚ educational‚ familial or our work environment. Without change we would not have walked on the moon‚ broken Olympic records or even have on-line classrooms. Change is not the challenge; it is managing that change as individuals that may be detrimental to the organization. Kurt
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