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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Early ambulation following surgery o Use of local anesthetic o Nature of procedure • Design of facility o 130 acres o 17‚000 square feet o 89 beds • Dr. Casim Degani‚ internationally recognized authority • Specialized procedure • Patients administered anesthetic in operating room • Upon completion of operation: patients are fully aware of what is going on • Counseling activities • Atmosphere • Experienced staff Shouldice way compared to other hospitals • Recovery o Practically cut in
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knowledge and improve ourselves. Brown and Duguid describe organizational learning is the bridge between working and innovating. Organizational Learning is a process to enable organizations to better use the knowledge of their members to make business decisions. In a conventional organization‚ decisions are often based on management perspective without taking into account the other members of the organization. A business using Organizational Learning recognizes the value added by including all of its
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Chapter 11 Decision Making What is decision making? * Decision making: process of developing a commitment to some course of action‚ making a choice among several action alternatives A problem exists when a gap is perceived between some existing state and some desired state * Well-structured problems: the existed state is clear‚ the desired state is clear and how to get from one state to the other is fairly obvious (simple) * Ill-Structured problems: a problem for which the existing
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ORGANIZATIONAL PARADIGMS Organizational Paradigms: Rational‚ Natural and Open Systems University of Phoenix Organizational Paradigms: Rational‚ Natural‚ and Open Systems What are organizations? How do we construct successful organizations? What is the most effective organizational structure or culture? Jones (2007) defines an organization as a tool individuals use to coordinate actions in an effort to achieve goals. “Organizational culture is a by-product of the interaction between
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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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communicative competence and ethics. The term “Organizational Effectiveness” can be used interchangeably with the concept of “Organizational Development”‚ especially when used as the name of a department or part of an organization’s Human Resources. Organizational development is an ongoing‚ systematic process to implement effective change in an organization and is known as a field of applied behavioral science focused on understanding and managing organizational change‚ as well as‚ a field of scientific
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Taxonomy of Management Theories RUNNING HEAD: TAXONOMY OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT THEORIES 1 Taxonomy of Global Management Theories Grace S. Thomson Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1267942 Taxonomy of Management Theories Taxonomy of Management Theories This document presents a taxonomy of 14 management theories and models that incorporate grounded theory or theoretical frameworks addressing different aspects of leadership‚ organizational design‚ managerial roles‚ global
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In examining and analyzing the different tiers or levels of an urban landscape‚ Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay emphasize the issue that other theories surrounding criminal or delinquent behavior lack. That is‚ “theories that focus only on personality or biological traits ignore that youths are surrounded by a community that they interact with over many years [which‚ in turn] shape patterns of behavior (Shaw and McKay‚ 1942). In other words‚ Shaw and McKay highlight the social and environmental
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wants Understand the dimensions of the environment that have an impact on marketing strategy Appreciate the ongoing restructuring of the health care industry Primary care satellites‚ integrated delivery systems‚ managed care plans‚ and physician–hospital organizations are but a few of the elements that dominate the structure of the health care industry today‚ as the government‚ employers‚ consumers‚ providers‚ and health care suppliers deal with a new health care market. This marketplace is typified
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