ASSIGNMENT DIVERSITY ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (BMOB5103) SHARIFAH SHIBRAH BT SYED HUSSEIN STUDENT ID: CGS00838119 Prof. Madya Dr. Rezian-na muhammed kassim Open University Malaysia 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1. What is Diversity? 2 1.2. Characteristics of Diversity 4 1.3. Aspects of Diversity 6 i. Aspects of Diversity (Visible): 8 ii. Aspects of Diversity (Invisible): 9 2.0 MANAGING DIVERSITY 13 2.1. Diversity
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10/3/2010 Lecture Map: We Are Here... Lecture Map: We Are Here... Individual •Biographical Traits •Personality •Values & Attitudes •Ability Group •Communication •Other Groups •Conflict •Power & Politics •Group Structure •Work Teams •Leadership •Decision Making Organization •Culture •Structure •Design •Technology •Work Processes •Selection Processes •Training Programs •Appraisal Practices Lecturer: Cheryl “Nyahra” Gittens •Perception •Motivation •Individual Learning •Decision Making 1
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Maslow's Theory of Motivation - Hierarchy of Needs In 1943, Dr. Abraham Maslow 's article "A Theory of Human Motivation " appeared in Psychological Review, which were further expanded upon in his book: Toward a Psychology of Being In this article, Abraham H. Maslow attempted to formulate a needs-based framework of human motivation and based upon his clinical experiences with people, rather than as did the prior psychology theories of his day from authors such as Freud and B.F. Skinner, which
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Operational Decision-Making: Integrating New Concepts into the Paradigm Ronald John Lofaro, Ph.D Captain Kevin M. Smith United Air Lines The views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors and, are not to be seen as the policies, positions or beliefs of any public, private or governmental organization. ABSTRACT Over the past 8 years, the authors have been developing a training-oriented paradigm for operational decision-making in the cockpit. While our emphasis has been on
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July 9, 2011 Rohan and Sanjay The Case: Sanjay was trying to get his mind into focus on a long evening walk. It had been a harrowing day. The new franchisee he was trying to bring on fell out after months of negotiation, the training manager Rita, had told him she could hold on no longer, she’d like to quit and he’d had a showdown with Rohan his boss. Rohan felt sales were down and people were not performing with a friend’s negative feedback of a stylist being extremely abrasive, hurried
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Organizational behavior is the study of how organizations can be structures more effectively, and how several events in their outside situations effect organizations. Learning about organizational behavior in today's business environment could help managers build up a better work related understanding of themselves and their subsidiary. With this knowledge managers can achieve a successful career. Since a manager needs to get his job done by the others, to have an organizational behavior skills
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Problems arising in self-assessment In a nutshell, the greatest disadvantage of self-assessment as a method of obtaining data is the greater chance of measurement error. In a meta-analysis of 44 self-assessment studies in higher education, Falchikov and Boud (1989) reported correlations between self-assessed and external measures of performance ranging from -0.05 to 0.82, with a mean correlation of 0.39. In a similar review of 18 self-assessment studies in the health professions, Gordon (1991)
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1. What is an organisation a. Organisation is basically combine of the culture, people, business processes technology and work together to achieve management’s goals and maximize efficiency and competitiveness in the market and also deliver benefits to their stakeholders and employees. 1. Define organisation goal. b. Organisation goal explain how an organisation intends to go about achieving its mission. 2. Define globalisation and the impact on the workplace c. Globalisation
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Understanding, why change is frequently difficult for people, can help building in methods for easing the process and increasing the likelihood that it will succeed. Being very clear about what changes are required and being very intentional about building a culture, that supports the new mission, goals, strategies and practices, increases the probability of success exponentially. This necessarily involves a large cross section of the organization in assessing the current system of norms and beliefs
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Answer 1: In the business world, there are individuals who hope to have a job that allows them to do some activities after their work, i.e. have a social life. But contrary to this, there are many individuals who consider their work to be a need. This is so because they consider their jobs and its constraints to be a challenge. Therefore, the individuals who like to accept challenges are attracted to the job. So, it is motivation and satisfaction that permits to work
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