MGMT 5032.03 Human Behavior in Organizations Spring 2013 Instructor: Alix Valenti‚ Ph.D. Phone: 281-283-3159 Associate Professor of Management Fax: 281-283-3951 and Legal Studies E-Mail: valenti@uhcl.edu Office: 3321-16‚ Bayou Building Class: 1217‚ Bayou Building Office Hrs: Tuesday and Wednesday‚ 1-4‚ and by appointment Textbooks/Required Materials: Behavior in Organizations‚ 10th ed. Jerald Greenberg. Pearson/Prentice Hall (2011). ISBN 0-13-609019-2 or 978-0-13-609019-9
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THE CONCEPT OF ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION A: WHAT IS ADMINISTRATION First definition: “Administration can be defined as the activities of groups cooperating to accomplish common goals”. There are particular key elements of administration. Cooperative: the word cooperative is the first key element in this definition. Human activity is cooperative if it has the effects that would be absent if the cooperation did not take place. * Group Activity: Administration includes activities
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Formal formal group is formed by an organization to do its work. command group is a relatively permanent‚ formal group with functional reporting relationships and is usually included in the organization chart. task group is a relatively temporary‚ formal group established to do a specific task. affinity groups are collections of employees from the same level in the organization who meet on a regular basis to share information‚ capture emerging opportunities‚ and solve problems. Informal informal
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Challenges and opportunities in agricultural marketing Introduction: Although rising incomes are contributing to expanding and diversifying food demand‚ investment in Indian agriculture has remained low relative to other sectors and grown slowly since the early 1990s. Lagging private investment in agriculture and agribusiness has corresponded with poor infrastructure and weak institutional support for agricultural markets. Even though India has one of the world’s largest agricultural economies
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Ethical Behavior In Organizations Ethical Behavior in Organizations In today’s economy‚ managing ethical behavior is one of the tough and complex problems that business organizations are facing. Employees ’ decisions to behave ethically or unethically are influenced by the individual and situational factors. Examples of those factors are background‚ personality‚ decision history‚ managerial philosophy‚ and reinforcement‚ which had been identified by researchers that affect employees ’ behavior when
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MOTIVATION Motivation is the set of forces that causes people to engage in one behavior rather than some alternative behavior. Importance of motivation: managers strive hard to motivate people in the organization to perform at high levels. Experienced Rewards or Punishment Search for Ways to Satisfy Needs Reassessment of Need Deficiency Experienced Need Deficiency Choice of Goal-Directed Behaviors Enrichment of Behavioral Choice (Performance) Motivational Framework HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
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GREEN MARKETING – OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES BY Miss. P. PIRAKATHEESWARI‚ Lecturer in Commerce‚ Sri Sarada College for Women (Autonomous)‚ Salem – 16. "Progress is possible‚ No one can stop it‚ but obstacle is there‚ we have to face it." - Amartya Sen Introduction Yes‚ green marketing is a golden goose. As per Mr. J. Polonsky‚ green marketing can be defined as‚ "All activities designed to generate and facilitate any exchange intended to satisfy human needs or wants such that satisfying
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Final Paper Megan Babin MGT415: Group Behavior in Organizations Instructor: Margaret Browne June 6th‚ 2011 I believe that utilizing the five major characteristics of the group decision making process would help any group out. It helps with the thinking process and breaks things up into categories so the group is not overwhelmed with the entire task at hand. I work in the Vision Center at my local Walmart and I just recently got a new manager. I believe that we use the decision making process
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The Opportunities and Challenges of Social Networking According to the Nielsen report‚ The Asian Mobile Consumer Decoded‚ ownership of smartphones in the Asia-Pacific region is increasing. With Singapore as one of the countries with the highest smartphone penetration in Asia-Pacific‚ this presents organisations with huge opportunities to engage consumers by leveraging on social networks. As consumer use of these smartphone devices will continue to evolve and expand‚ it is paramount for companies
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by expanding service to individuals and institutions.” It is also a “practical altruistic philosophy” which supports people who consciously choose to serve others first and foremost without thought for increasing their own power or authority. The concept of servant-leadership is not new. In 600 B.C.‚ the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote in The Tao Te Ching: “The greatest leader forgets himself and attends to the development of others.” In 4 B.C. Kautilya‚ one of the great political thinkers from
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