ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR MBA 435 SEMINAR 2b Group 10 Mohammed Iftikar Khan ID No. S00009979 Trimester 1‚ 2014 Culture affects our understanding of biographical characteristics and intellectual abilities BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS • Biography: A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life"‚ and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person’s life. • Biographical characteristics represent many of the SURFACE-LEVEL aspects of diversity that are very easy to identify
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by another person Reasons Managers Communicate • Pass on and receive information • Establish and maitain relationships • Tell people what they are expected to do and help them learn • Give feedback and crticism • Encourage‚ motivate and influence • Help others solve problems and develop actions plans • Work with others to come up with new ideas How to get your message across (1) • Know your audience • Know what you want to say and why you want to say it • Keep your message simple and specific
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1. Which of the following statements about common law is true? a) It is a wrongful act‚ damage‚ or injury done willfully. b) It is enacted by legislation c) It is found everywhere but is not backed by the EEOC d) It is based on a history of court decisions and customs. 2. Right to work laws allow states to: a) Establish emergency strike provision when a strike threatens public welfare b) Maintain a list of arbitrators to in contract settlement c) Pay less than federal minimum wages d)
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Discuss Your Goals For the Next Four Years and Comment on Your Post-College Plans "Next stop‚ 66th Street and Lincoln Center‚ " bellowed the cracked voice of the conductor over the loudspeaker. Those words rang in my ear like the notes of a familiar melody. Stepping off the number three train‚ I was immediately immersed in the scents‚ sounds and faces of my past. All the wonderful memories of those four years came rushing back into my mind as if they had just occurred. I was finally returning
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Meetings with mobile technology The fast development of mobile technology is one of the most popular domains in all industries; its extensive use in conferences is undoubtedly inevitable. Smartphone is now not only widely accepted in people’s personal life but also in professional areas. Meeting this trend in holding conventions and conferences could improve meetings’ efficiency and also emerge professionalism as well. Why should we care about mobile technology? The term “mobile apps” is the word
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she distracted from her goal and instead fulfilling the requirement of this seat she was trying to accomplish her goal in other means like building good relations with others. Team Members Self-esteem Needs Self-Actualization Needs Justifications Alex Hoffman High High Hoffman had conscientiousness personality type; he had reliability‚ conformity and organization. Instead of being social and friendly he was hard working and put in effort to achieve his goals. Hoffman was high at self-esteem
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1. Executive Summary This report analyses meeting dynamics and suggests practices to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of corporate meetings. The findings are based on a sociogram produced by observing a simulated meeting. Conclusions are drawn using communications theories. Findings suggest meeting dynamics are largely influenced by group members’ individual characteristics and the management of the meeting. The turn taking method‚ leadership style and encouragement of member participation
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Lauren Cottrell Mrs. Clark English 11 H 10 October 2014 Are You Making A Good Decision For Your Child? All parents want their child to become successful. Some parents will go to great lengths to “help” their child by signing them up for a club‚ sport‚ or other extracurricular activities that will be “good” for them and their future. Usually the child ends up hating it or it causes something bad to happen. Even though parents might think they’re making a good decision for their child‚ it could end
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This meeting was addressed by Ruth Goodin‚ Abbey Duldulao‚ and James Neal. Ruth Gordon was non-voting co-chair of the EEO committee. The room was located on the fourth floor of the CORE building. The site provided a quite and relaxing environment. In this meeting‚ there are total of nine people were present and they were missing one person. Around 80% of the total population was present actively and was observing the actual presentation. This committee focused on the Equal Employment Opportunities
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comments Operations management involves the management of human‚technology and system resources.The operations management functions‚like in other management disciplines‚ include planning‚directing‚organizing‚staffing‚motivating and controlling to achieve the set organizational goals. In addition to the above management functions operation managers perform many other activities as given below. 1. Facility location and lay out design-The facility location activity involves the decision of the location
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