INTRODUCTION Organization Defined Organizations are complex systems which rely on people‚ structures and technology to achieve their goals and objectives. They are created to serve the needs of the societies or communities in which they operate and are influenced by both their internal environment (culture) and their external environment. As defined by Robins “an organization is a continuously co-ordinated social unit of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to
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Management Process & Organizational Behaviour Course Code: MS 101 Text Books • Robbins‚ S.P.‚ Judge‚ T.A.‚ Sanghi‚ S (2009). Organizational Behaviour‚ Pearson Education. • Stoner‚ R. James A.F.‚ Edward Freeman Daniel R Gilbert Jr.‚ Management 6TH Ed‚ .PrenticeHall of India. • Chhabra‚ T.N.‚ (2011-12)‚ Management Process and Organisational Behaviour‚ Sun India Publications. Unit 1: Introduction to Management • Introduction to Management: Meaning and Nature of Management‚ Evolution
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JOB DESIGN Abstract Our study aims to investigate the current ways in which people who are using flexible work arrangements make changes to their jobs beyond timing and location. Our main aim is to integrate existing job design theory with advances in our understanding of work motivation‚ thereby increasing its usefulness for addressing Contemporary issues. In particular‚ we argue that the concept of motivation within work
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Job Satisfaction and performance are the terms which are correlated to each other. Empirical theories depict a strong negative correlation whereas picture depicted through Organisational Psychology is totally opposite‚ that is strong positive correlation. The term job satisfaction doesn’t have a proper definition because of the general disagreement between the theorist‚ scientists and researchers. Spector (1994) defines job satisfaction as how people feel about their jobs and several aspects of it;
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Human Resource Management Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of‚ management of‚ and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. HRM can also be performed by line managers (a person who has direct responsibility for employees and their work). HR Activities: Strategy & Organisation: This involves contributing to organizational strategy‚ structure and processes; influencing culture and values and developing personnel
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status.” (2003). Understanding what drives people to do something‚ enables managers to help employees maintain focus for the good of the organization. Modern day motivational theories are all derived from the early theorists such as Taylor‚ Maslow‚ Herzberg‚ Mayo‚ and McClelland. Taylor’s theory was that individuals were motivated by pay. Maslow’s theory‚ probably the most recognized‚ was based on an individual’s basic needs – physiological‚ safety‚ social‚ esteem‚ and self-actualization‚ while Herzberg’s
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‘We define organisational behaviour as the actions and attitudes of people in organisations. The field of organisation behaviour (OB) is the body of knowledge derived from the study of these actions and attitudes. Organisational behaviour can help managers identify problems‚ determine how to correct them‚ and establish whether the changes would make a difference. Such knowledge can help people better understand situations they face in the workplace and change their behaviour so that their performance
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EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION AN INTRODUCTION Some warm-up exercises Motivation‚ talent‚ experience‚ wisdom‚ opportunities Before you jump into the material‚ or at least at some stage in your research‚ try the following warm-up exercises to develop your thinking. Write down what you think: • Motivates a member of a government cabinet? • Motivates a member of a board of directors of a commercial organization? • Motivates a member of a board of directors of a non-commercial organization?
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Treating People As Human Beings & As Economic Resources Is Not A Mutually Exclusive Proposition Intro In this essay I will be going through the ways employees should be treated for them to perform best in a company and looking at them as economical resources or human beings. I will look at different management styles and look through the theoretical perspectives of Unitarists‚ Pluralists and radicals as well as the relationship between employees and the business. I will also analyze different
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and contingency theories as well as knowledge management and learning. The Hawthorne Studies were a series of psychology experiments conducted on the workers of the Hawthorne plant of Western Electric in Cicero‚ Illinois between 1925 – 1932. Elton Mayo a Harvard professor used these studies to examine the relationship between productivity and work conditions. One study involved manipulating the level of lighting in the workplace and comparing the subsequent effect on productivity. Two groups were
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