ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR INTRODUCTION Organisation behaviour is the study and application of knowledge about how people -as individuals and as groups- act within organisations. Organisational behaviour comes from two words: - * Organisation and * Behaviour. Organisation is a place where two or more people work together in a structured way to achieve a specific goal or set of goals. Behaviour is response of an individual to stimulation. So organisational behaviour is the behaviour of an individual
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take more happiness from the wealthy than is given to the poor. Consequently‚ utilitarians feel that some level of poverty is adequate. Meaning that in order to achieve the greatest amount of happiness some people may have to be less fortunate. The question is how less fortunate do some have to be in order to achieve the greatest overall happiness? Also‚ how should the disparities look in
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Exploring Nonprofit Organizations Worksheet on Board Governance Total_______/100 Name: Michal Jastrzebski Based on your readings‚ on Blackboard‚ on board governance‚ please answer these questions in complete sentences. 1. Why is being a board member a serious responsibility? Give at least two reasons‚ explaining them in complete sentences. [10 points per reason; 20 points total] Being a board member is a serious responsibility because these people have to safeguard the organization and its resources
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CHAPTER 1 HW Solutions 2 Why should a firm like Dell take into account total supply chain profitability when making decisions? Their success rely on competitive advantage. If Dell was to view supply chain operations as a zero sum game‚ they would lose their competitive edge as their suppliers’ businesses struggled. Dell’s profit gained at the expense of their supply chain partners would be short lived. Just as a physical chain is only as strong as its weakest link‚ the supply chain can be successful
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Consumer Behaviour For a product or service of your choice select a print or broadcast advertisement or campaign. Using appropriate theories and modules explain how your chosen marketing communication seeks to influence consumer behaviour. 1. Knowledge and understanding of psychological core: attention‚ perception‚ motivation‚ learning‚ attitude‚ and memory. 2. Knowledge and understanding of consumer culture: social class‚ household influences‚ personality‚ lifestyle‚ values and social
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1. Why did Irving Fisher believe that stock prices had reached a permanently high plateau? 2. Why did the stock market crash in 1929? 3. Why did influential individuals like Fisher‚ Keynes and Rockefeller believe that the downturn would only be temporary? 1. What role did Bear’s culture play in its positioning vis-à-vis its competitors‚ and what role might that culture have played in its demise? 2. 2. How did Bear’s potential collapse differ from that of LTCM in the eyes of the Federal Reserve
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was to generate an organization that benefited clients‚ its practical formulation was a reputable procedure by which employees of numerous divisions designed a “relationship team” for each client and willingly provided comprehensive services. 3. Who are BancZero’s competitors? Pg. 274 With respect to services and pricing‚ BancZero operated in an exceedingly competitive environment. In the United States it faced competition from other money center bank holding companies‚ such as‚ investment
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stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s third biggest vertically integrated oil and Gas Company. In 2005‚ TNK –BP became the second largest oil
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Questions 1. a. Discuss the specific items of capital that should be included in the WACC. The WACC calculation should include all the sources of capital like common stock‚ preferred stock‚ bonds and any other long-term debt. b. The comptroller currently finds the weights for the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) from information from the balance sheet shown in Table 2. Compute the book value weights that the comptroller currently uses for the company’s capital structure.
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IIBM Institute of Business Management Subject Code-B-105 Organizational Behaviour SECTION A Part One Multiple choices: 1. a) Job involvement 2. d) Self disclosure 3. b) Distributive Bargaining 4. b) Interpersonal skill 5. d) Reward Power 6. b) Unfreezing 7. a) Sensitivity 8. c) Artifacts 9. b) The Pre-arrival stage 10. d) Leadership style Part One 1. Informal Groups An organization’s informal groups are groups that evolve to meet
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