Chapter 1 Defining Organizational Behaviour * OB is a field of study that looks at the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behaviour within organizations * Managers apply the knowledge gained from OB research to help them manage their organizations more effectively * An organization is a consciously coordinated social unit‚ composed of a group of people‚ that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal * Wages and benefits are
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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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working environment‚ managers are better equipped to understand and predict how employees behave and react to particular situations in the workplace. A Manager achieves organizational goals through other people. Organizational Behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ group‚ and structure have on behaviour within the organizations‚ for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. French Management Theorist Henri Fayol‚ back
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR NOTES I. TOPIC 1: What is organizational structure? Key topics under structure: a) 6 elements of structure b) Org. design c) Models of structure d) Factors affecting org structure e) Global implication ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE- refers to the way in which job tasks are formally‚ divided‚ grouped or coordinated. OR The formal system of task and reporting relationships showing how workers use resources. A. 6 elements of structure:
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Chapter I. What is Organizational Behaviour Organizational behaviour (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behaviour within organizations‚ for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. It studies three determinants of behavior in organizations: individuals‚ groups‚ and structure. In addition‚ OB applies the knowledge gained about individuals‚ groups‚ and the effect of structure on behavior
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employees respond when they feel a sense of inequity? Slid e 6-2 Learning Outcomes‚ Cont’d What is psychological empowerment? What four beliefs help create a sense of empowerment among employees? 6. How does motivation affect job performance and organizational commitment? 7. What steps can organizations take to increase employee motivation? 5. Slid e 6-3 What is Motivation? Motivation is defined as a set of energetic forces that originates both within and outside an employee‚ initiates work-related
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INTRODUCTION Organizational behaviour is concerned with the study of the behaviour of people within an organizational setting. It involves the understanding‚ prediction and control of human behaviour and the factors which influence the performance of people as members of an organization. Organizational behaviour dose not encompass the whole of management; it is more accurately described in narrower interpretation of providing a behavioural approach to management. All organizations face the basic
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APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Organizational behavior‚ relates to the relationship between employees and the employers in an organization. Both are working towards the realization of the goals and objectives of any organization‚ and a close and fruitful coordination between the two is one of the major factors towards this realization. Organizational behavior approaches are a result of the research done by experts in this field. These experts studied and attempted to quantify research done
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ORGAZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ESSAY BY P.MUNYAKARI Questions 1) Discuss the strategies that may be used by people to develop power within an organization [25 marks] 2) Why is it important to understand how power is lost? [13] 3) How can power be productively used in an organization? [12] 1) In organizational behavior‚ power is the ability to get someone to do something you want done or the ability to make things happen the way you want Schermerhon‚ Hunt and Osborn (1982:85). The essence of power
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Introduction In the past 10 years‚ more and more research has come to the forefront regarding organizational deviance. It is widely accepted that employee deviance has been increasing in recent years and the topic has become much more publicly discussed‚ especially in light of recent scandals such as Enron and WorldCom (Appelbaum et al.‚ 2005‚ p. 43)‚ and‚ most recently‚ with the mortgage crisis in the US economy. In addition‚ employee deviance has a large effect on the economy with some researchers
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