...Organizational Behavior Terminology Paper Heather Ann Lattea MGT/307 June 02, 2011 Instructor Hill Organizational Behavior Terminology Paper According to Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn (2008) organizational behavior "is the study human behavior in organizations," (p. 5). Learning about organizational behavior is an essential concept for every person involved in an organization, including leadership, management teams, and all other employees to understand. By gaining and understanding organizational behavior each individual involved in an organization should recognize how his or her actions add to the organizations success. In order to understand this there are some important concepts, terminology, observable aspects that must be explained to help make the learning process of organizational behavior more manageable including organizational behavior, organizational culture and diversity, and communication. Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior also called OB for short is the study and academic discipline of understanding of individuals, groups, and structures perform in an organization. OB does this by using the scientific method to improve and empirically test generalities about behavior in organizations (Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn, 2008). Schermerhorn, Hunt, & Osborn (2008) state, “Organizational behavior is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to the behavioral sciences-psychology, sociology, and anthropology- as well as to allied social...
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...Organizational Design Paper Alisha N. Craig HCS/514 June 24, 2013 Dr. V. Batiste, Ph.D., MBA Abstract ABC Homecare was established in 1989 in Washington, D.C.’s greater Metropolitan Area. Built with client satisfaction in mind, this agency has overcome many obstacles to keep its value strong even until present day. From only six clients at opening, to now over 200 in each of its four departments, ABC Homecare has grown significantly over the last decade. This success is a result of staying true to the same values that shaped the organization of the company from the beginning. These values are currently used today and it is the internal and external factors that have defined and shaped this organization in terms of size, organizational structure, and processes. Not only does client demand, cost, and quality of health care increase the need for care, but also for accountability. This paper will discuss the internal and external factors responsible for shaping ABC Homecare and the effects of accountability on the facility. Organization Design Paper ABC Homecare was established in 1989 in Washington, D.C.’s greater Metropolitan Area. Built with client satisfaction in mind, this agency has overcome many obstacles to keep its value strong even until present day. From only six clients at opening, to now over 200 in each of its four departments, ABC Homecare...
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...Organizational Structure Paper Brianne Fluegel MGT/230 March 2nd, 2015 Sylvester Taylor Organizational Structure Paper There is no better way of knowing a certain organization than actually working for them. Sanofi Pasteur, my employer, is a global pharmaceutical company. Sanofi is broken off into a few different companies, Sanofi Aventis, Sanofi, and Sanofi Pasteur. Each division has its own distinct purpose. My employers purpose at Sanofi Pasteur is formulate, fill, inspect, and package vaccines. The motto of the company is that we may live in a world where no one suffers or dies from a vaccine preventable disease and that is what the company focuses on. There are constantly new trials and on going research for new vaccines, improving the ones we already have, and expanding our reach to the world. Some diseases that we prevent with our vaccines are Influenza, Tetanus, Meningitis, Yellow Fever, Pertussis, and Dengue Fever. In order for a company that is so large and influential to be successful, the organizational structure of the company must be strong and clear. Sanofi Pasteur operates within a vertical structure. The hierarchy is run from the board of directors, to the CEO and president, to top level managers, mid level managers, and lower level managers. The company just named a new CEO to start on April 1st, 2015 after removing the previous CEO. The board, CEO, and president operate the company from France, not on our actual production campus. On campus we have...
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...Organizational Structures Paper There are various organizational structures, however the most predominant in project management are: functional, matrix, and pure project. Organizational structures, refers to the way in which project groups within an organization are structured. Organizational structures, is a description of the methods of management used to organize the procedures of departments and individuals that contribute to achieving a common goal. Maintaining a basic understanding about organizational structure allows for leadership to make educated decisions concerning to the best structure for their organization. Another critical component to an organization is to have effective communication and coordination. This paper will compare and contrast the three primary project management organizational structures: functional, matrix, and pure project. Each structure has advantages and disadvantages and if used correctly the structure can help with the completion of the project. Functional Structure Functional organization structure has been around forever and is considered to be one of the oldest structures. In a functional structure there is usually a vertical hierarchy through the organizational breakdown structure. Within a project management functional structure, projects usually fall into two different categories. There are some projects that have a functional manager who combines with others who assign and share the work. Then, there are projects that...
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...Organizational Structure Paper Melissa A. Wilkinson XMGT/230 - Managment Theory and Practice June 2, 2013 Elaine McCarty Organizational Structure Paper At Burns & McDonnell engineering, several different organizational charges are used because of the size of the company. For individual projects, functional organizational charts are used to organize employees within that particular project. Functional organization is the departmentalization around specialized activities such as production, marketing, and human resources (Bateman & Snell, 2011). For the Maine Power Reliability Program, in which Burns & McDonnell functions as the Program Manager for this project, a functional organization is used. At the top of the organizational chart, the lead of the entire project, the program manager is at the top. Underneath the program manager is the assistant program manager, who reports directly to the program manager. From there, everyone else is grouped by functional group which the lead or project manager at the top of that functional group. There is one overhead project manager and underneath this position are the assistant project managers and the technical admins. The next group is led by the substation project manager and underneath him are substation assistant project managers and technical admins. The third functional group is procurement. There is a procurement manager and underneath him are the people who have been assigned to procurement and...
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...Organizational Structure Paper Martin Villarreal MGT230 November 7, 2012 Quinton Murphy All Businesses must have an organizational structure in order to function efficiently and correctly. Whether the business is big or small, organization is one of the major keys to success. Organizational structures may come in all shapes and sizes. Best Buy Co. is a great example of a large business that has a solid organizational structure and it shows how being organized can take your small mom and pop type business and grow it into the retail giant it is today. When you first examine the organizational structure of Best Buy Co. it can be a bit confusing. Though the company is one big organization, it has many smaller sub organizations, for example Geek Squad and Best Buy Mobile. Though they are one company Geek Squad offers computer repairs as well as computer and home theater installations and trouble shoots, and Best Buy Mobile offers cell phones, while Best Buy as a store sells electronics. The Best Buy Co. organizational structure appears to be a hybrid of a functional and a divisional structure. The store is setup with different departments and each department has a lead or a supervisor that is in charge of meeting sales and financial goals. Above the department supervisors, there is a sales manager and then a general manager that is in charge of everything and everyone in that retail location. That is the part that is more of a functional structure. The divisional...
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...Organizational Psychology Fred Sanford PSY428 July 13, 2011 Dr. Love Less Organizational Psychology Modern businesses must stay on the cutting edge in order to ensure success in the ever changing and highly competitive corporate environment. Paramount to this success is the application of organizational psychology which focuses on the human factor of business. Close examination of the root definition, roles of research and statistics, and utilization of organizational psychology within organizations will provide insight into just how the human factor contributes to the failure or success of an organization. The finely tuned sports team, that just achieved greatness, or the corporation that collapsed due to corruption contained one thing, people who had either a positive or negative impact on an organization. “Organizational psychology is field that utilizes scientific methodology to better understand the behavior of individuals working in organizational settings” (Jex & Britt, 2008, p.1). The simple explanation is to understand what makes people tick in an organizational environment such as a business. Once understood, the challenge to organizational psychology is to capitalize on dynamics of individual behaviors and build upon the success of the organization. The role of research and statistics in organizational psychology is crucial to understanding how an organization functions. Research is accomplished in numerous ways; archival data studies, survey studies...
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...Organizational Philosophies and Technology Paper University Of Phoenix Technology 401 Timothy Alexander September 24, 2012 Organizational Philosophies and Technology Paper With the constant changes in technology, it presents more opportunities and challenges for organizations around the world. Technology has definitely changed the way we do business. The advancement in technology has offered new ideas for businesses to monitor employee progress and standards.. Companies need to implement supreme standards that promote unity, coherence, and co-operation between fundamental organizational proceedings and ethical codes of conduct. They need to utilize accessible technology to allow for the corporation to demonstrate and enforce moral and ethical standards with more ease. Upholding strict standards of ethics is what fosters common belief and practice in other morals such as responsibility, honesty, trust, and equality for all. Organizations are each unique in their operations, and therefore they will need to create a code of conduct best suited to their specific demands. This will allow the employees to have clearer cut guidelines to be able to better evaluate their actions in different scenarios. This is not always fool proof; it can still be taxing at times to enforce even ethical standards that are established. Ethical codes set the foundation for all business proceedings, relations, and revenue. In the company’s ethical code it should establish guidelines for topics...
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...Integrative Paper – Organizational Behavior and The Heart of Change Karen M. Flener MNGT 5590 Dr. Tyron A. Woodard The purpose of this paper is to ascertain, describe and define the commonalities and contradictions (if any) between Organizational Behavior and Management (John M. Ivancevich, Robert Konopaske, and Michael T. Matteson; our textbook) and The Heart of Change (John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen). After reading and studying both books, I conclude that Kotter’s work speaks more towards real world experience and our textbook speaks from an academic perspective, they are both very similar in definition, examples and objectives. Kotter explains that there are eight stages of successful large-scale change. He refers to these stages as the flow and consist of urgency, guiding team, visions, communication, empowerment, short term wins, don’t let up and make changes stick (Kotter, 2002 vi, vii). Prior to addressing and analyzing specific aspects of the stages of successful large scale change, we should first look at change. What it is, what does it involve and the impact not only on individuals but on organizations. We have all experienced change in our personal as well as professional lives. At times it can be painful, frightening and over whelming yet it can also be exciting, rejuvenating, and an opportunity to be creative, innovative leaders or change agents. In our world of technology and new inventions and management or growth techniques, change...
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...Organizational Psychology Paper PSY/428 Organizational Development May 13th, 2013 Organizational psychology is a field that utilizes scientific methodology to understand better the behavior of individuals working in organizational settings (Jex & Britt, 2008). Organizational psychology’s goal is to help companies to function in the most efficient ways possible. Organizational psychologists will achieve this by helping management to understand the interactions of the staff so that management can help create an environment which all of the employees can work together to accomplish the goals of the organization. This Knowledge is also used, in a variety of ways to help make organizations be more effective. Effective organizations are typically more productive, often provide higher-quality services to customers and are usually more financially successful than less effective organizations (Jex & Britt, 2008). Organizational psychologist study many different aspects about the work environment. Organizational psychologists will look at the leadership, employee job satisfaction, job stress, and employee communications. Organizational psychologist can be brought in by companies as consultants to help solve employee related problems. Organizational psychologists will apply psychological principles and research methods to solve problems and improve worker performance, productivity, management, and training. The Role of Research and Statistics in Organizational...
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...Organizational Psychology Paper Job Satisfaction Paper Rough Draft What is job satisfaction? The answer to the popular question can be as unique as each individual that the question is presented to. According to Christen and Soberman, there is a significant relationship between the effort an employee puts forth on the job, their job performance and their job satisfaction (Christen & Soberman, 2006). However, the question still lingers of what exactly is job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is essential component within any organization and needs to be clearly defined. Managers and organizational leaders must have a clear understanding of what job satisfaction is before they can effectively address the subject with their employees. Jex and Britt provided a basic definition of job satisfaction that simply states job satisfaction is “an employee’s overall evaluation of his or her job as favorable or unfavorable” (Jex & Britt, 2008). The components that are included in determining an employee’s level job satisfaction are the feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are associated with their job. In addition to determining the components that are included in gauging an employee’s level of satisfaction, there are also various indicators. An employee can express their level of job satisfaction in a number of ways. Employees can express their satisfaction or dissatisfaction verbally, physically or emotional. Employees can express their job satisfaction verbally...
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...Industrial and Organizational Psychology Paper Janeen Tipton PSY/435 September 3, 2012 Saakshi Malik Industrial and Organizational Psychology Paper In the realm of science there are many fields of psychology; clinical, abnormal, child development and industrial psychology. Out of those, industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology not only deals with the individual, but also the organizations that such individuals may be employed at. It is theorized that the early development began in 1885 but to better understand the development one must have a clear view of what an I/O psychologists is and what their main objectives are as well as how research and statistics play a crucial role. Industrial and Organizational Psychology Industrial and Organizational psychology (I/O) psychology is the study of organizations and how scientifically-based solutions to human problems in the work place (American Psychological Association, 2012, p.1. para. 1). Such areas that I/O psychologists would have knowledge due to some form of training done at the doctorial level are: • Assessment methods • Job Analysis • Career Development • Job Evaluation, Performance, and Work Motivation • Business Skills (American Psychological Association, 2012, p. 1) There are services that an I/O will and can provide to the company/organization for which one is employed. These services include aiding with the hiring process by forming...
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...Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts Paper Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts Paper An organization is a group of individuals that work together with common goals and vision. The people within these organizations are the driving force that are made up of CEO’s, Controllers, CFO’s, managers, employees. These organizations also include external influences like that of customers, distributors and venders and the like. It is the organizational culture, organization behavior, ethics and communication that makes these organizations stronger and keep integrity at the forefront of the organization’s mission, values and principles. Within this paper the areas of organization; culture; behavior; ethics; and communication will be elaborated on and examples provided. Organizational Culture Organizational Culture is the outcome of the internal environments and beliefs along with values that influence the behavior of organizational members as a whole. The more solid and stronger the organizational culture the more well-developed and well-communicated the beliefs and values will be, hence the organizational vision is clearly presented for future endeavors. ” Organizational culture is the sum total of an organization's past and current assumptions, experiences, philosophy, and values that hold it together, and is expressed in its self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and future expectations.” ("Organizational Culture", 2011). The...
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...Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concept Paper MGT 307 August 23, 2010 University of Phoenix Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concept Paper With any type of organization that exist the most important asset they have are the people who work for them. It is important that employees understand certain key terminology when they are part of any organization. Terms such as organizational culture, organizational behavior, diversity, and communication are important that every employee understands because they can influence employees. Understanding each terminology and their concepts can help organizations and employees to accomplish a successful working environment that can help increase productivity. Terminology - organizational culture The personality of an organization can be seen in the organizational culture (OC). The organizational culture are beliefs, values that influence any employees behavior in an organizational. " Organizations with strong cultures operate with a clear vision of the future that is supported by well-developed and well-communicated beliefs and values" (Schermerhorn, Jr., Hunt, & Osborn, 2008, p. 11). In an organizational Culture Inventory Organizational is made up of three cultures. They are constructive cultures, passive/defensive cultures, and aggressive/defensive cultures. In a constructive culture members are encourage to work with one another as a group. Constructive cultures encourages employees to work together to...
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...Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts Paper The success of an organization depends on many factors to include management, leadership, and various departments within the organization. The hidden factor of an organization’s success is the organizational behavior and culture. The way the business determines the values on people and principles within describes the organizational culture. One will define the organizational behavior and culture in the workplace along with how diversity and communication relate to the outcome of both culture and behavior. Organizational Behavior: The definition of organizational behavior (OB) from the textbook (Schermerhorn, Hunt & Osborn, 2008), describes OB as the study or learning of many individuals and the different groups they belong to within the organizations. Some people will label the particular field of study as an “interdisciplinary” because the main focal point of OB has a number of disciplines. The disciplines are broken down into sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, and political science. By studying the disciplines from organizational behavior managers can find the most effective ways in motivating people to perform at their best without the need for the manager to believe he or she needs to “push” in a relative sense to obtain the most out of subordinates. When managers push people, they can significantly reduce the level of morale within the structure. By pushing less or letting the process work...
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