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BBA 2022 OB Introduction
BBA 2022 OB Introduction
BBA 2022 OB Introduction
Organizational Behaviour
Nikos Bozionelos
e-mail: bozionelos@em-lyon.com
Who I am
• Name: Nikos Bozionelos
• Nationality: Greek/British
• Studies
• Mathematics/Theoretical Physics
• Psychology
• Management
Organizational Behaviour
Nikos Bozionelos
EMLyon Business School
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Organizational Behaviour - Overview
Course Overview
Assessment
triggered by the
Hawthorne Experiments
key principle:
social interactions at work
play additional role
beyond structures, formal
hierarchies and
prescriptions of tasks/roles
Approaches to OB
HUMAN RELATIONS (1924 – 1960s)
key idea:
human behaviour is very complex and
the result of an interplay between
individual qualities and the
environment - structural, social,
cultural and physical
Key management idea:
the conditions determine behavioural
outcomes and, hence, optimal techniques
Approaches to OB