The Warwick MBA Assignment Cover Sheet Submitted by: 1168145 Date Sent: 25 November 2013 Module Title: Organisational Behaviour Module Code: IB802B Date/Year of Module: 2013 Submission Deadline: 25/11/2013 Word Count: 2949 Number of Pages: 12 Question: Critically evaluate Teams as a way of organising work and the challenges involved in managing this kind of organisation. Use an example‚ or examples‚ from your own organisation (or others) and apply OB theories and research in your answer
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Assignment 3 Management and Organisational Behaviour Prepared for Dr Retha Wiesner Faculty of Business & Law University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba‚ Queensland by Student name: W. Amal Peiris Student number: U1031128 MGT5000 INTRODUCTION Qantas faced the crisis in 2011. However it has commenced in 1990 when it was deregulated the government through privatization. Culture of Qantas remained unchanged and it operated as a government organization. Since Qantas
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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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Unit 3: Organisations and Behaviour Learning outcomes Explore organizational structure and culture Examine different approaches to management and leadership and theories of organization Examine the relationship between motivational theories Demonstrate an understanding of working with others‚ teamwork‚ groups and group dynamics Assessment criteria 1.1 Compare and contrast different organisational structures and culture 1.2 Analyse the relationship between an organisations structure and
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social unit for a shared purpose. Management refers to the activity of controlling and organizing people to accomplish its goals. In today’s increasingly global and competitive environment the effective management of people is even more important to the successful performance of the work organisations. Therefore‚ the managers need to understand the main influences on how people behave in an organisation setting. Mullins (2008‚ p.4) defined organisation behaviour (OB) as ‘the study and understanding
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR What is organisational behaviour? The study of human behaviour‚ attitudes and performance within an organisational setting; drawing on theory‚ methods and principles from such disciplines as psychology‚ sociology and cultural anthropology to learn about individual‚ groups and processes. Three different OB perspectives Macro-perspective; the big picture Micro-perspective; the smaller units Meso-perspective; integration and movement between macro and micros Three levels
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ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR Assignment 1 (task 1&2) Contents: . Introduction...................................................................................................Page 3 Tack 1...........................................................................................................Page 3 1.1. Organisational culture and structure......................................................Page 3 Flat Structure..............................................
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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 has certain basic assumptions
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There are four theoretical approaches of organizational behaviours which are classical‚ systems‚ human relations and contingency approaches that used in management but not certain to use just one approach in a company. It is because every company has different circumstances during various periods. But management have to understand about the main features of each approach to make the best decision. Classical Approach Firstly‚ classical approach emphasis on the planning of the work‚ the technical
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Consulting Report as OB Group Assignment Consulting Report Myers Retail Limited 2012-2013 Completed by Catherine Mao Felix Tao Ron Sun Samantha Ma AF 1-‐3 OB Group -‐ Catherine‚ Felix‚ Ron and Samantha Page 0 Consulting Report as OB Group Assignment Table of content Consulting Report
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