ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR CONCEPTS CONTROVERSIES APPLICATIONS Seventh Edition Stephen P. Robbins 1996 Contents Part One • Introduction Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? 2 Chapter 2 Responding to Global and Cultural Diversity 42 Part Two • The Individual Chapter 3 Foundations of Individual Behavior 80 Chapter 4 Perception and Individual Decision Making 130 Chapter 5 Values, Attitudes, and Job Satisfaction 172 Chapter 6 Basic Motivation Concepts 210 Chapter 7 Motivation: From Concepts
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1. Introduction Specific employee attitude relating to job satisfaction is of major interest in the field of organizational behavior and the practice of human resources management now. The interest steamed from the belief that the satisfied employees are more productive than dissatisfied employees are. This interest induces the management academics to conduct many researches regarding different issues in the field of job satisfaction. Employees spend most of their time at work but they are not
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2 – Basic Challenges of Organizational Design Differentiation - differentiation = process by which an organization allocates people and resources to organizational tasks and establishes the task and authority relationships that allow the organization to achieve its goals à process of establishing and controlling the division of labor/the degree of specialization o necessary because of increased complexity with growth Organizational roles - - organizational role = set of task-related
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LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS WRITTEN BY: ANKITA PATIL BATCH: BABM-1 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS SCHOOL CONTENTS Serial No. | Title | Page No. | 1 | INTRODUCTION | 3 | 2 | LEADERSHIP | 3 | 2.1 | LEADERSHIP APPROACHES | 4 | 2.1.1 | TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP | 5 | 2.1.2 | TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 6 | 2.2 | REALATION BETWEEN TRANFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP | 7 | 2.3 | X AND Y THEORY | 8 | 3 | WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL
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such situation also has significant impact in career advancements of women. Organisations also play their part by creating a healthy work place culture that reflects cornerns for needs of employees during work and after work. Organisations should periodically review their contemprorary work processes and practices. They should determine the inefficiencies and reasons of stress that negatively effect motivation and commitment of female employees. This research study aims to undertake the factors that
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Subject: Management Concepts and Organizational Behaviour Subject: Management Concepts and Organizational Behaviour ------------------------------------------------- Subject Code: MC-101 Author: Dr. Karam Pal ------------------------------------------------- Lesson No: 01 Vetter: Prof. Harbhajan Bansal ------------------------------------------------- Subject Code: MC-101 Author: Dr. Karam Pal ------------------------------------------------- Lesson No: 01 Vetter: Prof. Harbhajan
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| Name of Case Study: THE CASE OF OTICON | 1) What does the case describe in terms of changes in the way that people worked at Oticon? The case describes that Oticon made a dramatic organisational transformation. There was a paradigm shift in the way people worked for the organisation. It is evident that changes occurred at two levels; Group level and Individual level. At the group level, departmentalisation gave way to cross functional thinking and working. Oticon became a project based
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use of new technologies for the development of HRM efficiency and effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8.0 Identify the factors that impact on HRM in global markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9.0 Differentiate the ways to strategically manage the HRM function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 10.0 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Organization Richard M. Vosburgh, Mirage Resorts, MGM MIRAGE A s the role and impact of the HR profession continue to evolve, we have reached a critical crossroad. Together and now, business leaders and HR professionals have the opportunity to understand the history that brings us to our current situation, to be informed by predictable trends, and to make the transformation necessary to result in organizational competitive advantage and HR functional viability. Over the last hundred years, the
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mission/Goals/Strategies………………………………………………..5 Chapter 2: Effective Organizational Culture……………………………………………………...6 Chapter 3: Motivating Employees 8 Chapter 4: Training and Diversity 12 Chapter 5: Organizational Structure and Design 15 Chapter 6: Communication Effectiveness 18 Chapter 7: Group Decisions 21 Chapter 8: Leadership Style and Development 24 Chapter 9: Empowerment Plan 27 Chapter 10: Building Group Teams 30 Chapter 11: Managing Change 32 References 35 Synopsis Mount Cedar Technologies
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