1. What is Organizational Behavior? Study of the impact individuals‚ groups‚ and structure has on behavior within an organization. This is studied by managers to improve an organizations work environment to find methods to increase the bottom line. Basically it is a study of the way people act within an organization when exposed to different elements such as leadership styles‚ behaviors of others‚ and incentives. 2. Maslow theory hierarchy of needs? Physiological- Basic needs or body needs; food
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Organizational Behavior – field of study that investigates the impacts of individuals‚ groups‚ and structure of behavior within organizations. Its aim is to apply such knowledge toward improving organizational awareness * Frequently applied to: absenteeism‚ turnover‚ productivity‚ motivation‚ job satisfaction‚ working in groups * Often applied by manager to manage organizations more effectively * Not just for managers and employees‚ also for entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals
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ATTRIBUTION PROCESS The Attribution Theory is associated with three major factors that define it. Distinctiveness‚ it means whether an individual displays different behaviors in different situations. Consensus‚ it occurs if everyone who is in a similar situation responds in a same way‚ and the last one‚ which is consistency in a person’s actions. The more consistent the behavior of one person‚ the more the observer is inclined to attribute it to internal causes. Attribution theory defines that
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Organizational Behavior - a systematic study of a person’s behavior. Several issues of interest to organizational behavior researchers: Motivation‚ Emotions‚ Personality and Communication. (Self Assessment Library? IV.G.1) Interpersonal Skills: A. Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace. Previously‚ Business School focused on technical aspects of management‚ inc: econ‚ accounting‚ finance‚ etc. Human Behavior and People skills was barely covered. Last 30 years though
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Attribution theory explains how and why we perceive other people the way we do. It can be applied to many different areas such as marketing‚ psychology and organizational behavior. It allows us to understand how we judge characters and behaviors based on information given to or surrounding us. This constantly happens in our everyday lives. For instance‚ when walking down a street‚ we are most likely to make some comment to ourselves if an interesting looking person walked past. There are two ways
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under what is organizational behavior‚ then we would be able to understand its relevance to practicing managers in any organization. We shall first define what organizational behaviour is. As define by (Robbins and Judge‚ it is a field of study which investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups and structure have on behaviour within organizations‚ for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving organizations effectiveness. In other words OB is concerned with the study of what people
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MGT 332 Organizational Behavior & Theory Worksheet – Chapter 5 Name_____________________________________________ Banner# ____________________________ Date: ______________ Directions: Circle the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. _____ represent(s) complex‚ patterned‚ organismic reactions to how we think we are doing in our lifelong efforts to survive and flourish and to achieve what we wish for ourselves. A. Self-efficacy B. Skills C. Intelligence
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Exam Question #1: Attribution Theory As discussed earlier in the text‚ motivation is the desire that an individual develops to fuel a drive for success. Individuals may find motivation in the form of external rewards (extrinsic motivation)‚ or simply through internal gratification (intrinsic motivation)‚ knowing that they are exhibiting a great deal of effort in a given activity. When an athlete experiences success or failure they are likely to attribute those successes or failures to different
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Attribution (psychology) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia In social psychology‚ attribution is the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events. Attribution theory is the study of various models that attempt to explain those processes.[1] Psychological research into attribution began with the work of Fritz Heider in the early part of the 20th century‚ subsequently developed by others such as Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner. Contents 1 Background
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Attribution Theory (Wiener’s Belief Systems) * Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do‚ that is‚ interpret causes to an event or behavior. (Att. Theory basically looks at how people make sense of their world; what cause and effect inferences they make about the behaviors of others and of themselves.) * Attribution theory is concerned with how and why ordinary people explain events as they do. (Theories of attribution claim we aim to attribute behavior
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