ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ORGB 3201-05: Spring 2014 Instructor: Marla Baskerville Watkins Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Fridays(3:25-5:05) Dodge 140 Office: College of Business‚ 112 Hayden Hall‚Management and Organizational Development Office Hours: Office Hours: Tuesdays (11-1) E-Mail: m.baskerville@neu.edu REQUIRED READINGS You will be required to read a textbook‚ academic articles‚ news articles‚ and cases that can be retrieved from your coursepacket‚ the internet‚ and Blackboard
Premium 1980 Organizational studies 1982
The study of organizational behaviour enables managers to become more effective at their job. Discuss this statement? Organizational Behavior can be seen as a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups and structures have on behavior within an organization‚ to enable applying this knowledge towards improving organizational effectiveness. Organizational Behavior is an important concept for any organization‚ since it deals with the three determinants of behavior in organizations:
Premium Organization Organizational studies Organizational studies and human resource management
Disadvantage of Technology Hidden camera We have stepped into the 21st century and the world has given us some unbelievable technology that sometimes it seems to be a dream. But when we look at the backside of the latest technology‚ we find that we have made these technologies for our destruction if wrongly used by the wrong people. If the people of the world use these technologies in a right way‚ we all are going to be benefited out of it ‚ but if the motive of a human being is not positive
Premium Technology Victim
refer to organization climate as corporate culture (Haasen 2003). These qualities are the small things that usually run an organization and make it what it is and what it will remain to be. In any organization around the world‚ the perception that the employees have towards the qualities of an organization really matters. When it comes to management especially the human resource management‚ organization climate has some effects on it. Improving organizational climate was one of the ways to increase
Premium Maslow's hierarchy of needs Organizational culture Organizational studies and human resource management
Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment.[2] Many organizations have hierarchical structures‚ but not all. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different
Premium Organizational structure Organization
Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts April 2‚ 2005 Organizational behavior encompasses a wide range of topics‚ such as human behavior‚ change‚ leadership‚ and teams. Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people‚ individuals‚ and groups act in organizations. It interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person‚ group‚ organization‚ and social system. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving individual
Premium Organizational studies Organizational studies and human resource management Organizational culture
consequences of structure and profoundly affect the success of the business. What may not be as obvious but is clearly as influential is how organizational structure either supports or blocks employee behavior. There is many an employee who was terminated from one company to become a star in another similar position in a different enterprise. Why? In many cases organizational structure makes it impossible for such a worker to blossom and produce. For example‚ a dedicated but independent-minded employee will
Premium Organizational culture Customer Customer service
if illegal immigrants migrate over to our country there will be a population imbalance‚ which in other words it can overpopulate our counrty. Crowding‚ that is‚ increases in the population density in certain regions. This is one of the basic disadvantages of immigration. This can imbalance to one nation’s natural resources. When a country is overpopulated‚ there will be a high rate of unemployment because there aren’t enough jobs to support population. It can lead to the rise of poverty and demands
Premium Immigration Immigration to the United States Illegal immigration
and committed employees. The more committed of employee‚ the higher compensation he or she can get from their organization. Studies in the organizational behavior have shown that leadership style and organization commitment are the major factors to the organization whether is success or fail. Employee commitment is a key source to determine the organizational performance. There are three types of leadership style in the organization which are directive‚ supportive and participative. The purpose of
Premium Leadership
Relationship between Organizational Structure and Culture Since the organizational structure determines how the roles and responsibilities are allocated and how they will be monitored as well as the flow of communication between different levels and sectors‚ it is entirely dependent on the organizations goals and how it wants to reach them. In centralized structures all the decision making power is retained at the top level of management and all the other departments are closely monitored and controlled
Premium Organizational structure