“harmful” by the public? Is it even possible for such a company survive and thrive; or will it have to shut down its business? McDonald’s fast food has for a long time been considered unhealthy by the public. In recent years‚ the health conscious trends have become increasingly popular. Moreover‚ many scientific studies and findings have surfaced and successfully confirmed that children’s increasing intake of fast food‚ which often contains high sodium content‚ sugars‚ saturated fats‚ and calories
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Factors Affecting Organizational Design Although many things can affect the choice of an appropriate structure for an organization‚ the following five factors are the most common: size‚ life cycle‚ strategy‚ environment‚ and technology. Organizational size The larger an organization becomes‚ the more complicated its structure. When an organization is small — such as a single retail store‚ a two-person consulting firm‚ or a restaurant — its structure can be simple. In reality‚ if the organization
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Organizational Theory and Behavior © 1993‚ David S. Walonick‚ Ph.D. Classical Organization Theory Classical organization theory evolved during the first half of this century. It represents the merger of scientific management‚ bureaucratic theory‚ and administrative theory. Frederick Taylor (1917) developed scientific management theory (often called "Taylorism") at the beginning of this century. His theory had four basic principles: 1) find the one "best way" to perform each task‚ 2) carefully
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead In the past 25 years‚ the concept of organizational culture has gained wide recognition as a way to understand human systems. The culture of a group can now be defined as: A pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration‚ that has worked well enough to be considered
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only through conscious awareness. 5. Schemas are cognitive frameworks that represent organized knowledge about a given concept or stimulus developed through experience. 6. A self schema contains information about a person’s own appearance‚ behavior‚ and personality. 7. Impersonal schemas refer to the way individuals divide others into categories‚ such as types or groups‚ in terms of similar perceived features. 8. The term prototype‚ or stereotype‚ is often used to represent the categories
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Verizon Communications: Creating a Positive Work culture GM591 Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Barbara Ward June 18‚ 2011 Introduction Verizon Communications Inc. is a global broadband and telecommunications company based in New York. Verizon originated in 1983 as Bell Atlantic‚ operating from New Jersey to Virginia and NYNEX‚ covering New York to Maine as a result of the AT&T breakup into seven “baby bells” in 1984 (Hoovers‚ 2011). The name was changed to Verizon in
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Attitudes and Organizational Behavior What are some characteristics of an ideal work environment? Open lines of communication‚ motivated coworkers as well as superiors‚ and minimal conflict are very common answers to this question. Organizational Behavior faces the challenge of converting a poor work environment into a more suitable and productive environment. In this paper we will look at challenges and opportunities for organizational behavior‚ the main components and the consistency of attitudes
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The Importance of Organizational Behavior In any organization one can assume that the main goal of that business is to succeed; what exactly does being a winning organization mean and what does it take to get there? In the past companies placed a great amount of emphasis on the numbers and how to achieve those numbers. The people who actually helped achieve those numbers were graded on their technical skills‚ productivity‚ and budgets. Employees were moneymaking machines and how they achieved
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Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts Organizational behavior is defined as the study of human behavior in organizations. Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to the behavioral sciences such as psychology‚ sociology and anthropology as well as to allied sciences. However‚ the goal of organizational behavior is to integrate the diverse insights of these other disciplines and applying them to real-world problems and opportunities. The
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Organizational Behavioral Forces There are many internal and external forces that can affect an organization. Internally an organization sets up its own culture. It creates its own internal structure‚ mission‚ and fiscal policies. These internal forces are created to engage the external forces that include‚ but aren ’t limited to‚ an organization competition‚ the economy‚ and the demands of the customers. The way that these forces are handled speaks to the effectiveness of an organization
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