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Introduction To Organizational Behavior
Introduction To Organizational Behavior
Sumerians-
Record Keeping Egyptians- Need for Planning and Control Moses- Shared Leadership, Delegation Hamurabi- First ______? Alexander the Great- Use of Staff Niccolo Machivelli- The ends _____ the ______.
The
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Cognitive
Personality
Framework
Behavioristic
Pavlovs Dogs
Framework
Environmental Contingencies
Social
Cognitive Framework
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What
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Contingency Variables
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Structure
Inputs: Material Capital Human
Technology
Organizational Boundary
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What
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Competitive
are managed. Widely recognized as human capital, social capital and positive psychological capital.
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The academic field of organizational behavior has been around for at least the past thirty years. Problems facing managers of human organization have been around since the beginning of civilization.
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Although the problems with human organizations and the solutions over the ages have not really changed that much, the emphasis and surrounding environmental context certainly have.
This new environment is disruptive, discontinuous change. It represents a new paradigm, a new way of thinking about the workplace.
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A paradigm simply establishes the rules (written or unwritten), defines the boundaries, and tells one how to behave within the boundaries to be successful. For todays and tomorrows organizations and management, there are new rules with different boundaries requiring new and different behaviors. There is considerable resistance to change and why it is very difficult to move from the old management paradigm to the new.
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One-eighth situationabout one-eighth of todays organizations believe it, do it, stick with it. The Knowing-Doing Gapmost managers know the value of the human factor and how to implement the approach to improve organizational performance, but still are not doing it.
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What
O.B.
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Formal Organization - the official, legitimate, and most visible part of the system Informal Organization - the unofficial and less visible part of the system
Hawthorne Studies: studies conducted during the 1920s and 1930s that discovered the existence of the informal organization
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The
Illumination Studies: A Serendipitous Discovery Subsequent Phases of the Hawthorne Studies Implications of the Hawthorne Studies THE HAWTHORNE EFFECT
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Questions
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What
is a paradigm? What are some areas than have influenced the study of Org Behavior? What are some concepts studied in Org Behavior? Why should a manager know about this domain of knowledge? Contrast formal versus informal organization
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What
happened in the Hawthorne Studies? Why are they so important and what did we learn from them? Describe 3 challenges facing managers today; why are they considered challenges? Describe the 1/8th rule or the KnowingDoing Gap
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