FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE & POLICY STUDIES ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ADM 501 SEMESTER JAN-APRIL 2011 TUTORIAL QUESTIONS INSTRUCTIONS: PREPARE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS IN THE TUTORIAL DISCUSSION. TOPIC 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO OB a) The workforce diversity is one of the emerging trends/challenges in organizational behavior. Describe how the workforce is diversified and briefly identify two consequences of these diversities for organizations. b) Telecommuting has been identified as an important
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QUESTIONS: 1. The changing pattern of work and employment practices in Ghana has led to a breach in the psychological contract and impacted negatively on the achievement of the ILO standards. a. Design or adopt a research instrument (preferably a questionnaire) to collect and analyse data on the effect of the changing nature of work and employment practices in the core ILO standards and the impact on psychological contract in any two industries (40 marks) b. Using concepts and
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* Table of Contents * * QUESTION DISPUTE OF INTEREST and rights "Disputes of interest"‚ PHRM02M UNIQUE NUMBER 208111 LABOUR RELATIONS ASSIGNMENT 3 MATTHEW DONOVAN RUDOLPH STUDENT NO. - 77621581 1 QUESTION 1 1.1 DISPUTE OF INTEREST and rights 2 1.2 STEP 1 – NEGOTIATION 2 1.3 STEP 2 – CONCILIATION 3 1.4 STEP 3a – ARBITRATION 3 1.5 STEP 3b – STRIKE OR LOCK OUT 3 LOCK OUT 3 1.6 DISPUTE OF RIGHTS 3 1.7 STEP 1 – CONSULTATION 3 1.8 STEP 2 – CONCILIATION
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The Perfect Storm of Leaders’ Unethical Behavior: A Conceptual Framework Diane J. Chandler Regent University School of Divinity‚ United States Unethical behavior of leaders has consequences for leaders themselves‚ followers‚ and their respective organizations. After defining relevant terms including ethics‚ morality‚ and ethical and unethical leadership‚ a conceptual framework for the unethical behavior of leaders is proposed‚ which includes the three “perfect storm” dimensions of leaders‚ followers
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appreciate how the science of organizational behavior and management thinking can be used to work with others in a way that leads to beneficial outcomes for both people and organizations. THE FIELD OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Organizational behaviour is a broad area of management that studies how people act in organizations. Managers can use theories and knowledge of organizational behavior to improve management practices for effectively working with and influencing employees to attain organization
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B2 Type of reinforcement: Definition: Reinforcement theory looks at the relationship between behavior and its consequences. It focuses on changing or modifying the employees’ on-the-job behavior through the appropriate use of immediate rewards and punishments. Reinforcement tool: Behavior modification is the set of techniques by which reinforcement theory is used to modify human behavior. The basic assumption underlying behavior modification is the law of effect‚ which states that behavior
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What is a Group Definitions of the word group vary‚ but many stress one key consideration: relationships among the members. Thus‚ “a group is a collection of individuals who have relations to one another” (Cartwright & Zander‚ 1968‚ p. 46); “a group is a social unit which consists of a number of individuals who stand in (more or less) definite status and role relationships to one another” (Sherif & Sherif‚ 1956‚ p. 144); and a group is “a bounded set of patterned relations among members”
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were not put first and led poor employee job satisfaction. Continuance Commitment: Having an identity with an organization contributes to each employee’s self-concept of their social self as they have an attachment to the company. In this case‚ the town’s employees have a high affective commitment to Pharmacia and thus‚ see their social self as a Pharmacia employee. When the merger occurs many of the employees are unhappy and want to leave. Continuance commitment occurs when an employee feels
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American University in Dubai School of Business Administration The Effect of Organizational Culture and Leadership Style on Organizational Performance MGMT 601 - MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADING PEOPLE Dr. Evangellos Dedoussis June 17th‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction: In management and organizational studies and leadership style and organizational culture are considered to be the most important concepts and key resources of strength for
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Beatriz Mena (zID: 5049785) Tue: 11-12pm Review of Tutorial Reading- Hiring for Retention and Performance This academic article discusses which factors influence turnover and job performance simultaneously. In order to address this issue‚ it develops several theoretical matters‚ and I’ll discuss them in the next paragraphs. Firstly‚ the paper brings the current literature on the fact that some employees are more connected with their organization that others. Therefore‚ the article discuss
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