Lecture 1 – introduction Role theory (the perspective that much of consumer behaviour resembles action in a play) • Each consumer has lines‚ props and costumes that are necessary to a good performance. Since people act out many different roles they may modify their consumption decisions according the particular play they are in at the times. The criteria that they use to evaluate products and services in one of their roles may be quite different from those used in another role. • Another way
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Positive behaviour Definition Behaviour that tends to satisfy the desires of the respondent is Positive Behaviour . It will become apparent that by this definition some positive behaviour may lead to antisocial (so called “negative”) responses and hence is not recommended. Furthermore‚ some behaviour that is itself socially acceptable and apparently positive is not‚ by this definition‚ actually positive because it does not tend to satisfy the desires of the respondent. The reverse is also true:
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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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Organisational Behaviour and Leadership Index: 1. Executive summary 2. Comparing Maslow’s theory of motivation with Skinner’s reinforcement theory in view of critique of each theory with special reference to the South African workplace. 3. A critical evaluation of the similarities and differences between reinforcement and the expectancy theories of motivation. Motivating a choice as to which one has the mist relevance to explaining the work motivation of employees in South Africa
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Chapter 6 Motivation Slid e 6-1 Learning Outcomes 1. 2. 3. 4. What is motivation? What is expectancy theory‚ and what are the three beliefs that help determine how work effort is directed? What role do needs play? What is goal setting theory? What two qualities make goals strong predictors of task performance? How and when do those effects occur? What does it mean for rewards to be “equitable‚” and how are perceptions of equity determined? How do employees respond when they feel
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Unit 331 Outcome 3Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern. 3.1 Explain how to monitor children and young people’s development using different methods. There are numerous different methods of monitoring including: observations‚ body language‚ behaviour‚ moods‚ written records‚ assessment framework‚ information from parents/carers‚ work colleagues and standard measurements.
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INSIDER DEALINGS AND THE PROBLEMS OF BUSINESS ETHICS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA. BY Adegboye Folasade Bosede Department of Banking & Finance Covenant University Ota‚ Ogun state. Tel: 07032678252 e-mail:sadeadegboye@yahoo.com THIS PAPER IS TO BE PRESENTED AT: THE 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AT TEMPRANCE HOTEL OFF THE BELLS UNIVERSITY ROAD OTA‚ OGUN STATE. DATE: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25- THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27‚ 2008 ABSTRACT
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Jardeleza‚ AAP E-COM P 1st Introduction to E-Commerce What is Electronic Commerce? Commerce - The exchange of commodities‚ buying and selling‚ of products and services requiring transportation‚ from location to location is known as commerce. E-Commerce - From a communications perspective‚ e-commerce is the delivery of information‚ products/services or payments via telephone lines‚ Fax‚ computer networks or any other means. What is Electronic Commerce? From an online perspective‚ e-commerce
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Acknowledgement I would kindly like to thank our “Organizational Behavior” lecturer Ms. Kalpana Ambepitiya for bequeathing us such a great opportunity to identify and evaluate our knowledge and showing our capability to successfully complete the assignments. Not only did we prove ourselves‚ but also did we get a prospect of studying how to get used to a time planner in order to complete our work within the time given. I feel & believe that this assignment helped me (Personally) to brush up my
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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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