Chapter 1: Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour Organizational Behaviour (OB): is the study oh what people think‚ feel‚ and do in and around organizations. 1. It looks at employee behaviour‚ decisions‚ perceptions‚ and emotional responses 2. It examines how individuals and teams in organizations relate to each other and to their counterparts in other organizations Organizations: groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. 3. Key feature of organizations:
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John Q. Archibald was a factory worker facing financial hardship. When his son‚ Michael is struck during a baseball game‚ John and his wife‚ Denise‚ discover that their son is in need of a heart transplant. Although they have health insurance‚ hospital head‚ Rebecca Payne tells them that their policy doesn ’t cover such an expensive operation. John convinces the hospital ’s cardiac surgeon‚ Dr. Raymond Turner‚ to overlook his fee‚ but still has too much of a financial burden to bear. When he is left
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A political system is an aspect of the social system‚ and political activity and study is a special category of social activity and study. The boundary of politics is often not clear‚ so that‚ for example‚ actions of trades union leaders may sometimes be induded in politics and sometimes not. The same is true of activities in areas more often thought of as economic‚ cultural and so on. For the purpose of analysis‚ the political system may be separated from economic and other systems but in practice
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values hold a very important key to success as a student‚ but the core value of Community helps students succeed as members of society as well as in school. Saint Leo’s core value of community states “We foster a spirit of belonging‚ unity‚ and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen‚ to learn‚ to change‚ and to serve.” This statement can be related to many of the ideas in the United Nations have for all people
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Oligopoly From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia An oligopoly is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers (oligopolists). Oligopolies can result from various forms of collusion which reduce competition and lead to higher costs for consumers. [1] With few sellers‚ each oligopolist is likely to be aware of the actions of the others. The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists
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1.1 Concepts of Supply Chain Management A Supply chain is a system of organizations‚ people‚ technology‚ activities‚ information and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities transform natural resources‚ raw materials and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer. In sophisticated supply chain systems‚ used products may re-enter the supply chain at any point where residual value is recyclable.
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Globalisation From the 20th century to today‚ with advanced communication and transport possibilities‚ grows the ratio of companies and countries providing wide scale of investments and business activities internationally. Moreover‚ the number of people migrating across the globe is significantly increasing. In other words‚ the world as we know it today‚ is different than the world of yesterday. Thus‚ it is changing into one huge‚ global‚ village. The term ‘globalisation’ interprets “worldwide integration
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Chapter 2 Managerial Roles and Decisions research involves analysis of data from a variety of sources‚ including observation of managers‚ diaries in which managers describe their own activities‚ interviews with managers who explain Most descriptive research on managerial activities was not related to effective leadership‚ but the insights about the subject (e.g. time management‚ cope with demands‚ role conflicts) Activity Patterns for Managers • Pace of Work Is Hectic and Unrelenting
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7 standardization of work processes 7 standardization of work outputs 7 standardization of worker skills 7 Coordination mechanisms 7 Coordination by plan 8 Coordination by feedback 8 Interdependence 8 Pooled Interdependece 8 Sequential Interdependence 8 Reciprocal Interdependence 8 Organization Design 8 Types of Organization Structure 9 Making Organization Design Decisions 10 Take-away points org design structure 10 Organization design purposes: 11 Organization complexity:
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