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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Organisational Behaviour | Investigating People and Leadership Within the Workplace 22/11/11 | The term organisational behaviour (OB) is linguistic shorthand for the activities and interactions of people in organisations. Jack Wood (1995) notes that Fritz Roethlisberger first used the term ‘organisational behaviour’ in the late 1950s‚ because it suggested a broader range than human relations. “Organisational behaviour is the study of the structure‚ functioning and performance of organisations
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What is organisational communication? “The key to success and productivity within an organisation is effective internal communication through the presence of informal and formal communication channels . Organisational communication can be defined as the process of sending‚ receiving and interpreting messages between units within a functioning organisation. In order for an organisation to reach their objectives‚ it is vital to build a supportive workforce through the use of communication between
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Key Concepts | Key notions/ ideas/ points | Comments | InertiaWhy is it difficult to change? | To understand why there is organisational inertia and why it is difficult to change‚ it is necessary to first identify them so that they can be individually addressed. This can be done by categorising the inertias identified into ‘socio-technical’‚ ‘cultural’‚ ‘political’ and ‘economical’ with the ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’ scenarios mapped out for each category. (refer to Appendix A for notes on the various
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MGT210 - Organisational Behaviour Assessment 1B Written Account of Organisational Observation Submitted By: Ambarish Bilas Pant Student ID: 11487208 Date: 30th August 2013 Jacksons on George (JOG) is one of the most exciting and vibrant bar at the gateway of The Rocks and Circular Quay. It features five bars across four levels and exceptional food‚ wine‚ beer and delicious cocktails. It opens around the clock‚ seven days a week. The exceptional food offered in the menu is a tasty
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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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Organisational Climate – An Indicator to Organisational Health and Performance By Berinder Singh Kullar Research Scholar – CMJ University‚ Shillong Under guidance of Dr Manjeet Kaur Kaushal CMJ University (Faculty of Management and Commerce) Introduction Organisations are distinguishable in many ways from each other in ways the employees feel‚ behave and work. The attitudes of employees vary in terms of their behavior towards their job‚ towards their co-workers‚ towards their customers
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Cognitive Intelligence (CI) and Emotional Intelligence (EI) are considered to be important individual differences in the field of organisational behaviour and there is a lot of research to support this statement. This essay will critically evaluate both concepts and discuss how cognitive ability and EI are applied in modern organisations. It is clear that CI and EI both have very different roles in the modern organisation and they assist in the prediction of success in both personal and professional
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“Power‚ conflict and resistance key determinants of organisational life.” -Modern‚ symbolic-interpretive‚ post-modern and critical theory perspectives have different ways of understanding power‚ control and resistance in organisations. Choose two of the four theoretical perspectives and discuss how each perspective’s understanding of power‚ control and resistance in organisations contributes to different ideas about the nature of organisations. Introduction: The purpose of this essay is to
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analysis of the Phrase “Provided the underlying culture is strong‚ a bad patch will sooner or later end. Properly regarded‚ setbacks can be instructive. Enduring cultures regard them not as calamities but challenges‚ and absorb their lessons…..” We can hypothesise that ‘underlying culture ‘refers to organisational culture; ‘bad patch’ refers to a period where business performance is low or employees are moving away form the organisational culture resulting in low business performance; ‘Properly
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