uses and gratifications theory. The essay will also show how the disadvantages overlap the advantages. Facebook has brought so much change within the social structures. These changes vary‚ some are advantageous while some are disadvantageous. The advantageous changes include Young people meet multicultural individuals on face book‚ from different cultural‚ racial and ethnic backgrounds (Bhugra & Becker‚ 2005). They meet different people through face book for many reasons‚ including broadly political
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Unit-1 Meaning of OB Meaning & Importance of OB Understanding Organisational Behaviour Behaviour in an organziation has become a special subject. It is the knowledge of human behaviour at work. Human behaviour in organization is determined by the requirements of the formal organization and partly by the personal systems of the individuals forming the organization. The behaviour that emerges from this interaction defines the field of organizational behaviour. The study of organizational behaviour
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offers advanced verification for humans‚ identifying them through physical measurements of unique human characteristics such as fingerprints‚ iris scan‚ facial recognition etc. The main goal of this paper is to explore the positive and negative impact of biometric technology on organizations taking into cognizance the employer and employee perspective. This term paper is developed in four major sections. The first section gives a concept definition of biometric technology and gives a brief history
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Organisational behavior is the study and understanding of individual and group behavior and patterns of structure in order to help to improve the organization’s performance and effectiveness. (Mullins Laurie J.2007‚ Management and Organisational Behavior ‚8th Edition) Organisational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals ‚groups and structures have on behavior within the organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology
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Organisational Ethics Ethics is a system or code of moral standards of a particular person‚ group or profession. The operative word is ’system’. A ’system’ can be a set of facts‚ principles or rules arranged in an orderly form. When we make a decision we balance competing priorities‚ values and perceived obligations in order to make something better than it was. We can make things better by improving something good‚ making something less bad or reducing uncertainty. A good decision may not be
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Organisational Behaviour Definition Organisational Behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behaviour within organisation for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organisation’s effectiveness. Organisational Behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behaviour within organisation for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving
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BANGALORE Stress and organisational citizenship behaviours in Indian business process outsourcing organisations Ajay K. Jain a‚*‚ Cary L. Cooper b a Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences‚ School of Business and Social Sciences‚ Aarhus University‚ 8000 Aarhus C‚ Denmark b Lancaster University Management School‚ Dean’s Suite‚ Lancaster University‚ Lancaster‚ LA1 4YW‚ United Kingdom Available online 23 August 2012 KEYWORDS Organisational stress; Organisational citizenship behaviours;
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Organisational Behaviour Week 1- Welcome What is Organisational Behaviour? What Is OB? • Organizational Behavior - Interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people at work Basic OBModel Basic OB Model Hospitals Example Topics to be covered • The Individual (the Self‚ Emotions & Attitudes‚ Stress & Motivation) • Personal & Organisational Values • Groups & Teams • Perception & Diversity • Leadership • Communication • Ethics Organisational Behaviour
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requirements of the organisation‚ principles of management‚ and the assumption of rational and logical behaviour. There are two key elements in this approach which are scientific management and bureaucracy. For the scientific management‚ F.W. Taylor‚ father of scientific management‚ have set some principles for management to follow. He thought that management should carry out the work to workers in the prescribed way based on the principles. (Mullins and Christy‚ 2011) ‘A form of structure to be found
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We attach a lot of importance to attractiveness. In regard to the workplace‚ unfortunately‚ it is more of the same. Our physical appearance has become in one of the key aspect to get a job‚ especially when your job consists in dealing with people‚ such as shop assistant‚ waitress‚ flight attendant and hostess. There is nothing we can do about that because that is the way it works. I am pretty sure that on the hypothetical case that there is a vacancy for a salesman in a firm‚ and two men
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