REVIEW FOR MID-TERM EXAM – ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR 22.11.2012 1. What is explained by the field of organizational behavior? a. individual motivation b. team dynamics c. organizational structure d. all of these 2. Organizational members who are responsible for the attainment of organizational goals by planning, organizing, leading, and controlling the efforts of others in the organization are called . a. executives b. coordinators c. managers
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SOC 138/ECO 148 Exam 3 (SAMPLE ONLY) Carter T. Butts Spring Quarter, 2015 Note: This sample exam contains 20 questions, but is otherwise of the same form as Exam 3. TAs will provide solutions to this sample exam during discussion section. Study this exam carefully – some questions may return! The following applies to questions 1–3 below. Consider the following network: 5 1 3 2 4 1. Which of the numbered positions provides the best example of a hub? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
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concepts of organizational behavior and leadership in order to properly communicate, implement, and transform the projects of an organization whose goal is to become more competitive. The text on Organizational Behavior has provided the research and theories on the effective use of human resources, while Kotter offers a situational approach that one can easily relate to. The integration of Kotter’s eight stage process along with the text by Ivancevich have provided me with a better understanding of
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Group – A designated work group defined by an organization’s structure Informal Group – a group that is neither formally structured nor organizationally determined; such a group appears in response to the need for social contact Social identity theory – perspective that considers when and why individuals consider themselves members of groups Ingroup Favoritism –Perspective in which we see members of our ingroup as better than other people, and people not in our group as all the same Several Characteristics
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organizational culture appropriability construct DefinitionSave to FavoritesSee Examples The values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization. Organizational culture includes an organization's expectations, 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. It is based on shared attitudes, beliefs, customs, and written
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stop the mistreatment when reported. In fact, in 71% of the cases, employers actually retaliated against the person who reported being bullied. The authors provide many reasons for “Witness Paralysis” including a natural human aversion to risk, Groupthink, rationalization, and blaming the victim. Bullies are hugely expensive for corporations in terms of lost dollars, productivity, employee retention and wellness. The research strongly suggests that the only way to get organizations to take this issue
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nerds for his Two Pizza Rule: No team should be larger than can be fed with two large pizzas. That means that task forces are limited to just five to seven people, allowing teams to test their ideas without too many onlookers, which guards against groupthink — one of Bezos’s pet peeves. Those tiny teams have led to big innovations, like the Gold Box deals, a popular promotion that gave customers limited-time deals. 4. Stop talking so much. At an off-site retreat in the early 2000s, word was going
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| | |Communication: Theories and Practice | Copyright © 2009, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course explores the various theories of communication that create the foundation for study of communications in the bachelor's degree program at the University of Phoenix. Major communication
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Social Influences on Behavior Debbie Noonan PSY 300 October 15, 2011 Ashley Dolecki Social Influences on Behavior Social psychology is the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. These are the broad questions that social psychologists and personality psychologists seek to answer. By exploring such inner motivations such as traits, attitudes, and goals and looking at the situation or context such as social norms, social psychologists
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« Ellen Moore (A): living and working in Korea » * Why is Ellen successful as a manager? Ellen Moore is a hard-worker person and she did a lot of study to acquire a good status. Every job she had, before going to Korea, were successfully achieved. In fact she quickly got a good level in the hierarchy of every company which she had worked for. So, she was chosen to accomplish this project with a truly confidence of her superior. In addition of her skills and study, she also had a really hard
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