ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Organisational behavior is the study and understanding of individual and group behavior and patterns of structure in order to help to improve the organization’s performance and effectiveness. (Mullins Laurie J.2007‚ Management and Organisational Behavior ‚8th Edition) Organisational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals ‚groups and structures have on behavior within the organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology
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Organisational change: can an organisational culture be changed? Despite its ordered and steady foundation‚ organisational culture can be changed if it is guided by a comprehensive strategy. An organisations culture is founded by relatively stable characteristics‚ based deeply on values that are enforced by organisational practices. However‚ an organisational culture can be changed. This essay will aim to establish this and explain the measures which are involved in changing an organisational
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A Proposal to Aid in Changing and Improving the Company’s Organisational Culture A Proposal to Change and Improve the Company’s Organisational Culture All aspects of this proposal are based on a fictitious situation. I will summarise the aspects of the organisational culture and the aspects that could improve the culture of this fictitious organisation. I currently hold the position of manager at a small‚ privately owned coffee bistro/book store. I have been an employee there for 3 years and
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Organizational effectiveness Organizational effectiveness is critical to success in any economy. In order to achieve increased and sustainable business results‚ organizations need to execute strategy and engage employees. However‚ our research indicates that most organizations are struggling to get it right. FREDERICK TAYLOR: EFFECTIVENESS WAS DETERMINED BY FACTORS SUCH AS PRODUCTION MAXIMIZATION‚ COST MINIMALIZATION‚ TECHNOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE‚ Etc HENRI FAYOL: EFFECTIVENESS IS A FUNCTION
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Introduction This essay will explore a case study of Origin Energy to illustrate an organisation that has undergone a change. The organisational culture before and after the change will be described‚ management styles within the organisation will be analysed‚ the relationship between motivation and performance will also be explored and finally the change management strategies used by the organisation will be discussed as well. Each of these sections will be explored to support the hypothesis that
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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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es. Although we typically share similar goals‚ some marketers are stuck on lead generation ‚ while others are having trouble converting leads into customers‚ and some just aren’t generating the traffic to their site they need in the first place. Not to mention all the individual parts of a solid marketing strategy where you might be falling short -- maybe it’s content creation‚ search engine optimization‚ or finally figuring out how to actually attract customers from Facebook . Whatever it
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Assignment 1 – Part B – Organisational Theory Organisational design can be defined as achieving the organisation’s goals through changing and constructing the structure of that organisation (Robbins & Barnwell 2002). Organisational environment can be defined as the conditions that could potentially impact the organisation (Robbins & Barnwell 2002).The purpose of this essay is to explore and critically analyse British Petroleum (BP) from the modernist and symbolic interpretive perspectives. This
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Organisational culture is the pattern of assumptions‚ vaules and norms shared by organisational members. The culture of an organisation can affect the operations of a company and how successful it is. Organisational culture contains four basic elements; basic assumptions which are un-said but happen‚ shared values which show what is important in the company‚ norms which the employee should follow and artefacts which show the culture of the organisation. An example of organisational culture
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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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