OB: Understanding Organization ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE What was the structure of the organization under study? ORGANIZATION CLIMATE What kind of climate prevailed in the organization? Simple Low degree of departmentalization, wide spans of control, centralized authority & little formalization Challenge (How challenged, emotionally involved, and committed are employees to the work ) Bureaucratic Highly routine operating tasks achieved through specialization
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Chapter 5Theories of Motivation LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 1. Understand the role of motivation in determining employee performance. 2. Classify the basic needs of employees. 3. Describe how fairness perceptions are determined and consequences of these perceptions. 4. Understand the importance of rewards and punishments. 5. Apply motivation theories to analyze performance problems. What inspires employees to provide excellent service
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organizational cultures, the constructive culture would be most associated with high-performance organizations. In constructive cultures, researchers find that people tend to work with greater motivation, satisfaction, teamwork, and performance. In passive/defensive and aggressive/defensive cultures, motivation tends to be lower and work attitudes less positive.” Many believe that culture creates a common ground for team members to relate to. Organizational culture creates a common ground for team
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Interview with Beyond Ergonomics/Job Posting for Small Business Tresa Milton University of Phoenix Annette Williams April 16, 2012 TO: Dr. Annette Williams FROM: Tresa Milton DATE: April 16, 2012 SUBJECT: Interview with a Small Business Owner Description of the Organization Beyond Ergonomics, partners with leaders of organizations by providing consulting and training services to management teams through effective team building.
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Finding Love in the Wreckage: Estimating Spousal Altruism with Data on Fatal Car Accidents Ilya Beylin, Anup Malani, and David Abrams1 Abstract. This paper estimates the degree of altruism among spouses by examining how often the driver of a car sacrifices himself or herself in order to save a spouse. Holding constant the magnitude of a collision, a driver can maneuver the car to distribute the risk from a collision between the driver and a passenger. We quantify spousal altruism by the degree to
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organizations and with practices and systems within organizations that facilitate or hinder effective behavior. Conceptual frameworks, case analysis/discussion, and skill-oriented activities are blended within each topic. Topics include communication, motivation, group dynamics, leadership, social responsibility, diversity, stress/fear, and organizational change. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants/students acquire the skills that managers need to improve organizational relationships
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Give an example of a content theory. Critically evaluate your chosen theory in terms of its usefulness and practical application in work organisations. Content theories centralise on what can motivate people and also, are concerned of their needs. In order to satisfy those needs there are goals that must be pursued. An example of a content theory is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The hierarchy of needs and some examples for each one of them are as following: Physiological needs are concerned
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GM591 Midterm 1. Question: Consider this story that appeared in the August 11, 1998 Wall Street Journal: Work Hard, Play Hard: Employers use fun to boost morale All 25 partners at Certilman, Balin, Adler & Hyman, an East Meadow, N.Y., law firm, are invited to a free conference-room lunch every day. Managing partner Bernard Hyman says the lunches began as a chance to talk business but soon became anticipated social gatherings. “We tell stories, talk about the weekend,” he says, “talk about
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Running Head: BP OIL SPILL (2010) BP Oil Spill (2010) kemy Emesih Southern New Hampshire University Abstract In researching this topic, the organizational roles, structures and behaviors at various levels of employee hierarchy and how they played into one of the biggest crisis in the United States – BP oil spill 2010 was examined. Also looked at, was the dysfunction within the organization and if the cleanup had led to a better organizational structure, culture, communication, leadership
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topics such as, such as motivation, leadership and organizational design- that relate to different aspects of behavior in organizations. Examining these topics has involved incorporating perspectives and insights from a number of disciplines including psychology, economics, sociology and politics.’ (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3) Numerous disciplines that explore the complexity and diversity of collective human activity have contributed to the formation and development of OB. Something of this complexity
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