ZENITH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PHILIPS ELVIS UGOCHUKWU ZUC/BBA/BIST/0111/0027 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION 1i. According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, personality is composed of three elements. These three elements of personality- known as the id, the ego and the superego- work together to describe the behavior of the manager. The Id which is inborn and biological in nature knows what is neither right nor wrong but is only concerned with whether
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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIORAND HUMANPERFORMANCE33, 141-152 (1984) Escalation of Commitment in Individual and Group Decision Making MAX H. BAZERMAN Massachusetts Institute of Technology TONI GIULIANO University of Texas at Austin AND A L A N APPELMAN Citicorp Previous research (cf. B. M. Staw, Academy of Management Review, 1981, 6, 577-587) has found that when managers are given negative feedback on an initial individual investment decision, they allocate more additional funds to that
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understanding of the group behaviour can be used by the managers to perform effective management. During the course of the essay, different theories and concepts are used to justify the points and opinions made. These theories and concepts include division of labour theory, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, social identity theory, balance theory and groupthink theory. Formal groups are the groups that are formed and defined according the organization structure and have designated work duties, tasks
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Even as the lowly executive assistant to the CEO, it was apparent to you that there was some groupthink going on here. Was buying an enterprise system the only option? This is not the only option to deal with the question. Firstly, as Jane Pinket, the senior VP of finance,said the BigCoSoft’s financial package is not good. Thus Jane already have another plan to deal with LargeCoSoft which financial module is top notch. So we do not need to buy BigCoSoft’s financial
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Descriptive Framework The virtual organization that I selected for the Organizational Communication Analysis is Kelsey Elementary School. As a mother of a fifth grader, I am always interested in the communication efforts associated with elementary schools. In the past, school administrators and teachers were only able to communicate in person, through written correspondence, or by telephone. The technological advancements of the 21st century provide school faculty with the opportunity to connect
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Organisational Behaviour Assignment Why do some groups function effectively whilst others are dysfunctional? In your answer, draw on theories and concepts from across the module, and illustrate your views with examples from organisation(s) you are familiar with or have researched. Introduction The use of groups within organisations has increased on a global scale in recent years. This fact alone suggests that a group demographic confers many tangible benefits to an organisation. A ‘group’
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at all. So don't be overwhelmed by the test, just do your best and let me worry about "the grade." • You will take the exam online, during Week 8, just like all of the quizzes you have taken. Below is the list of EACH chapter and the topics, theories, and theorists to study for the Final Exam. EVERYTHING that appears on this list WILL be on the exam and there will be NO surprises on the exam, study this and you should do just fine. |WEEK |CHAPTER
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Chp7 Motivation: The force that energizes, directs, and sustains behavior. Equity theory: Motivated to keep their work inputs in proportion to their outcomes by comparing their input-outputs with those who have similar positions Extrinsic motivation: People motivated to perform because of external rewards from environment intrinsic motivation : Worker’s sense of accomplishment or mastering a work task Job characteristics model: Experienced Meaningfulness: skill variety, task significance
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event, the more certain we are that the event will occur. Thus, probability in an applied sense is a measure of the likeliness that a (random) event will occur. The concept has been given an axiomatic mathematical derivation in probability theory, which is used widely in such areas of study as mathematics, statistics, finance, gambling, science, artificial intelligence/machine learning and philosophy to, for example, draw inferences about the likeliness of events. Probability is used to describe
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given task that we had to present to the class was to observe and analyse the functioning and interactions of another group. This paper looks at my behaviour within our group as we undertook this task, and analyses it as it relates to management theories on groups. When we were initially informed that we would be taking part in a group exercise I felt that it would allow me to critically and logically observe the functioning of a group, and that it would be interesting to know how a group functions
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