Assignment on organisational behaviour Student’s name: Yasmin Parveen Class ID: 5863 Submission dat: 17 Nov 2014 1.1. Compare and contrast between organisation structures and organisational cultures Structures: flat‚ centralised and decentralised Flat organization structure refers to having a relatively small number of layers in the company’s organizational chart. The number will depend on the complexity and nature of business. In a very small company with a flat structure have all staff report
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1. Do you think representation in top management is a fair indicator of the effects of diversity training programs? Why or why not? Ans. Yes I think representation in top management is a fair indicator of the effects of diversity training programs. “Diversity programs are truly effective in improving representation in management. They include strategies to measure the representation of women and minorities in managerial positions‚ and they hold managers accountable for achieving more demographically
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W. E. B. Dubois was an important sociologist who was born in the United States in 1868. Dubois very influential on his studies on race and race relations. He was associated with the theoretical perspective conflict theory. Dubois most important sociological work‚ "The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study" showed the effects of race relations on African American families‚ primarily on the lower class families. "The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study" was very influential on helping see the sociological
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Organizational Behavior Organizational behavior can be defined as the study of what people thinks‚ feel‚ and do in and around organizations. The study of organizational behavior facilitates the process of explaining‚ understanding‚ predicting‚ maintaining and changing employee behavior in organizational setting. The value of organizational behavior is that it isolates important aspect of manager’s job and offer specific perspective on the human side of management: 1.People as organizations 2
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Survey: My Experience Working at --------------------------------- Dear Participant‚ You are invited to participate in this study titled “Have your say: My experience working at ……………………………. being conducted by researchers from East West University. The researchers are Sardana Islam Khan‚ and ……………………………….. The study aims to investigate human resource management practices and the impact on employee well-being‚ quality of service as well as organisational performance. You
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look at few dramatic changes now taking place in organization1.Old employee getting old2.Corporate Downsizing3.Temporary working employees4.Global competition5.War on terrorIn short there are lot of challenges and opportunities today for managers to OB concepts. 1.Globalization to Respond Organizations are no longer constrained by national borders‚ world become globalvillage. • Increased foreign assignment Transferred to your employer’s operating division in another country‚ Oncethere‚ you’ll
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MGMG 504: Organization Behavior and Human Resource Management What I learned from OB. As I learned the values of organization Behavior and human resource management‚ I can apply and adapt this knowledge with my workplace. This subject makes me work with efficiently way and professional. Frankly speaking‚ I don’t know before that the behavior of human have principle to work with and there are the way to deal with different personality with solid. So It make me curious that it would be work or not
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If‚ after doing your reading‚ there is something that you do not understand‚ or feel needs further elaboration‚ please raise your questions during the class. Introduction • What is OB? • What are the challenges for OB in the 21st century? • How does OB make sense of behaviour? • What does it mean to say that OB takes a contingency approach? Skills for the New Workplace • What is the “Competing Values Framework”? • What kinds of skills does the Competing Values Framework suggest are useful
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Chapter 1 – Introduction to Organizational Behavior * Social relationships among co-workers and supervisors are strongly related to overall job satisfaction and associated with lower stress and lower intentions to quit * Organizational Behavior (OB) – field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behavior within organizations‚ for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations effectiveness * Core topics include motivation
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Behavior that this document will be covering are: What is organizational behavior Describing the meaning of Organizational Behavior Illustrating the importance of interpersonal skills Demonstrating the challenges and opportunities for managers using OB concepts Diversity in organization Describing the major forms of workforce diversity Defining stereotypes and how they functions in organizational settings Attitude and job satisfaction Defining the main components of attitude Linking behavior and
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