Organizational Behavior: 1/10/13 * Real life decision making is not rational * “Sunk cost bias” – violates economic assumption of reality * ex: $20 auction * Escalation * Influences of Escalation * Project features encourage it * Psychological factors encourage it * Social factors encourage it * Structural factors encourage it * ex: Vietnam war – committed large number of troops to combat * Reduce escalation of commitment
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Propose solutions for working together using the information from the Big Five assessments and the underlying principles of trait theories. In today’s job market, team work or groups have become very popular. Most workplaces put together teams, and this allows different personality types the opportunity to brainstorm and come up with ways to improve business. Personality is one thing that distinguishes one person from another. Psychologists argue that personality attributes are inherited
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Chapter 2 Organizational behavior Perception and Personality DEFINING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Organizational behavior (often abbreviated as OB) is a field of study that investigates how individuals, groups, and structure affect and is affected by behavior within organizations. Behavior refers to what people do in the organization, how they perform, and what their attitudes are. Because the organizations studied are often business organizations, OB is frequently applied to address
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The problems: that have been created due to a well-established product line and target demographic, in a challenging industry environment, facing declining growth and changes in corporate structure and ownership. The case represents the opportunity for students to analyze the effectiveness of organizational strategy and goals. No long term strategic planning (no vehicle growth) Goal: Is to keep the business healthy, keep inventories in line and keep moving forward. We ……. (page209) Goal analysis:
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to have mistresses; instead it was assumed that they would. Juan Duarte provided for Juana and her children to the extent that he could, while keeping them away from his wife and family. Eva was born into poverty and the entire family, mother and five children, shared a one room home (Barnes, 1935). Since she was not from the poorest class of people, her neighbors tended to looked down on her for not marrying. The other families did not allow their children to play with Eva and her other siblings
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developed a new theory in which he proposed a five-dimension personality model known as the Big Five. The Big Five theory includes the important and crucial traits of the personality. Openness to experience, versus Reticence. Conscientiousness versus, Disorganized and Impulsive. “Extroversion versus Reserved”. In addition, Freudian psychodynamic theory hypnotized that an individual’s behavior and personality in adulthood determined by the age of five years and the influenced by the early childhood
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The Five Forces Model of Competition The model above is known as the Five Forces Analysis which was designed and created by Michael Porter of Harvard Business School. Each shape defines the five forces that shape competitive rivalry and is relevant to industry profitability. Each new entrant to an industry faces competitive pressures from: • Buyer bargaining power and seller buyer collaboration. • Companies in other industries to win buyers over to substitute products. • Supplier
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PERSONALITY AND JOB SATISFACTION: AN INVESTIGATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN FIREFIGHTERS Interactions Between Personality and Various Factors at a Local Fire Department By Jennifer S. Skibba A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in Applied Psychology Approved: 4 Semester Credits Dr. James Tan, Investigation Advisor The Graduate College University of Wisconsin-Stout May, 2002 The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout
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1.) Predictions might properly be defined as: knowing when events will occur. 2. The early writers who set down the classical viewpoint on management were” managers and consultants. 3. Max Weber saw bureaucracy as an ideal type of organization that included all of the following, except: decentralized decision making. 4. All of the following are described by Mintzberg as decision making roles, except: the leadership role. 5. Downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering
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Attitudes Attitudes, Job Attitudes, Personality and Values Attitudes Evaluative statements or judgments concerning objects, people, or events Cognitive Component The opinion or belief segment of an attitude Affective Component The emotional or feeling segment of an attitude Behavioral Component An intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something 1 2 Nature of Evaluations Underpinning Attitudes • Attitudes not represented on single continuum e.g. totally +ve to totally
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