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    Aristotle’s theory of the Tragic Hero: “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall” Tragic hero’s who fit under Aristotle’s depiction are known as ‘Aristotelian Tragic Hero’s’ and possess five specific characteristics; 1) A flaw or error of judgment (also known as ‘hamartia’ which is a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine) 2) A reversal of fortune due to the error of judgment (also known as ‘peripeteia’‚ which is a sudden reversal of fortune

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    idd@usc.edu _____________ Psychological Dimensions of Organizational Behavior THIRD EDITION Barry M. Staw Haas School of Business University of California‚ Berkeley UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS LIBRARY Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey 07458 ~;:‚~; ~ ’_‚. . .. ‚ For Harold and Shirley Staw ~----------------------------~ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Psychological dimensions of organizational behavior 1 edited by Barry M. Staw.-3rd ed

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    Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jean Piaget • Swiss psychologist who studied cognitive development • Felt that younger children think differently than older children and adults • Developed the most influential theory of intellectual development How do children learn? • According to Piaget‚ children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world – Use and form SCHEMAS through a process of Adaptation and Organization – SCHEMA: an organized way of making sense of

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    How does general strain theory differ from biopsychological theories? “Throughout history‚ one of the assumptions that many people have made about crime is that it is committed by people who are born criminals; in other words‚ they have a curse‚ as it were‚ put upon them from the beginning. It is not a question of environmental influences determining what they were going to do; they were ‘born bad’. Consequently‚ whatever society may do‚ these people will eventually commit criminal acts. The Mark

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    Summary A managers (leaders’) performance is evaluated by performance of his team. Similar concept goes for the Organization. In order to have best performance of an organization‚ its employees must perform well. This requires understanding of everyone’s behavior in organization. Organizational Behavior is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior in organizations. Behavioral Science or Organizational Behavior is not an elemental subject‚ rather than it is like a compound subject

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    Theory X and Theory Y

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    TABLE OF CONTENT NO | TITLE | PAGES | 1 | 1.0 THEORY X1.1 THEORY X ASSUMPTIONS | 2-3 | 2 | 2.0 THEORY Y2.1 THEORY Y ASSUMPTIONS | 4-5 | 3 | 3.0 BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS-OPENNESS-EXTRAVERSION-NEUROTICISM-CAREFULNESS-SOCIABILITY | 6-11 | 1.0 THEORY X What is theory X? The “Theory X” management theory holds that the average employee has little ambition‚ dislikes work and must be coerced‚ controlled and directed to achieve organizational objectives. Those in management who

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    spot opportunities‚ take risks and innovate. People who carry out the process of entrepreneurship are known as entrepreneurs. The term entrepreneur originates from the French word entreprendre which means to undertake. The concept of the entrepreneur has existed and evolved overtime; from the Middle Ages was when the term was first coined‚ and an entrepreneur was considered a manager of sorts handling projects on behalf of the church or landowners‚ to the 19th century where JB say defined an entrepreneur

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    occupy. The structural functionalist account of stratification has been criticized on the grounds that there must be other ways to motivate individuals to occupy particular positions and perform certain tasks without such a disparate system of rewards." Social exchange theory is a social psychological perspective that explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. Social exchange theory posits that all human relationships are formed by the use of a subjective

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    Psychology Theories of Personality 7th Edition Feist−Feist =>? McGraw-Hill McGraw−Hill Primis ISBN−10: 0−39−043533−3 ISBN−13: 978−0−39−043533−0 Text: Theories of Personality‚ Seventh Edition Feist−Feist This book was printed on recycled paper. Psychology http://www.primisonline.com Copyright ©2008 by The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976‚ no part of

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    ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORIES AND BEHAVIOUR Several theories have been developed to explain entrepreneurial behavior and motivating factors. 1). Psychological theories – As those developed by McClelland pay attention to personal traits‚ motives and incentives of an individual and conclude that entrepreneurs have a strong need for achievement. According to this theory‚ entrepreneurship get a boost when there are sufficient supply of individuals with certain psychological characteristics such as need

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