ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR Organisational behavior is the study and understanding of individual and group behavior and patterns of structure in order to help to improve the organization’s performance and effectiveness. (Mullins Laurie J.2007‚ Management and Organisational Behavior ‚8th Edition) Organisational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals ‚groups and structures have on behavior within the organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology
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www.sciedu.ca/ijfr International Journal of Financial Research Vol. 3‚ No. 4; 2012 Market Value of the Firm‚ Market Value of Equity‚ Return Rate on Capital and the Optimal Capital Structure Chao Chiung Ting Michigan State University‚ USA E-mail: tingtch7ti@aol.com Received: September 4‚ 2012 doi:10.5430/ijfr.v3n4p1 Abstract The firm should pursue both maximum return rate on capital and maximum return rate on equity simultaneously. Maximum return rate on capital is the primary goal for firms
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Primate Behavior The animal that most resembles us is the ape. At the zoo‚ it is easy to observe behavioral and facial expressions in monkeys and apes that are very much similar to our own. A group of apes could very well seem like a family. A mother taking care of her young may seem familiar to the human onlooker. This is because the ape is our closest living relative. In the documentary Primate Behavior‚ anthropologists observe the behavior of monkeys and primates. The primates are mostly observed
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The Ranch Golf Club Case 1. How do the interpersonal communications skills of Peter Clark affect behavior‚ human relations‚ and performance at the Ranch? A: “Peter Clark has to continually communicate with his partners and managers‚ and nothing takes the place of sitting down face-to-face during regular weekly meetings and listening to each other to continually improve operations.” (Page 174) “Interpersonal skill is the ability to work well with a diversity of people. Interpersonal skills have also
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Challenging behavior is the term emphasizes that the behaviors constitute a challenge to other people to find effective ways of responding to them. It underlines the idea that the person is not seen as problematic in them. Rather‚ the problem lies in the interaction between the person‚ their behavior and their social environment. Some examples of challenging behavior are destructiveness‚ self-injury‚ and stereotypes mannerisms and so on. Aggression is one of the challenging behaviors. Aggressive
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Dynamics TOP:Human Behavior in OrganizationsMSC:Synthesis & Evaluation 2.The snake pit metaphor of organization behavior conveys the: a. dark side of organizations b. the dark side of human behavior c. the dark side of competition d. the dark side of the globalization of markets ANS:BPTS:1DIF:ModerateREF:p. 3 OBJ:1NAT:AACSB Analytic | Group Dynamics TOP:Human Behavior in OrganizationsMSC:Synthesis & Evaluation 3.The study of individual behavior and group dynamics
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Unethical Behavior By: Ashly Pappas CJA/473 It’s sad to say that employees in almost every business will encounter unethical behavior. When employees see other employees doing something wrong because of the company’s standards‚ so this makes employees question what is right and wrong. When employees find that other employees are doing something that is wrong‚ that employee needs to consider how they feel about this and who to inform. When employees discover unethical behavior this can lead
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they all have one thing in common. All of the above theorists are‚ in effect‚ saying that we are not going to change the child ’s behavior by changing the child. We must change our reaction to the behavior in order to change it. The idea that bad behavior should not be rewarded is a basic concept. When one rewards any kind of behavior‚ bad or good‚ that behavior will continue. Children are especially quick to catch on to what kind
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Hormones and Behaviors Cynthia Stanley BEH/225 July 27‚ 2014 Phillip Duncan Hormones and Behaviors Hormones play an important role in bodily functions of the living human as well as mental functions that allow us to create‚ write‚ act‚ or in general be productive humans. When any of our hormones or the glands that produce them are not in sync or producing properly‚ we may not be able to think at all‚ or we may be so emotionally dysfunctional that we become nonproductive. Thus hormones may
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Cognition and Behavior In Social Psychology In social psychology both cognition and behavior are used to draw conclusions. Cognition is defined as our metal processes of acquiring knowledge and information‚ whereas behavior is defined as how we act‚ or conduct ourselves in a given situation. Recently‚ social psychologists believe that in order to understand why someone acts the way they do in a given social situation we have to first understand their mental processes. Social psychologists now
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