ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR What is organisational behaviour? The study of human behaviour‚ attitudes and performance within an organisational setting; drawing on theory‚ methods and principles from such disciplines as psychology‚ sociology and cultural anthropology to learn about individual‚ groups and processes. Three different OB perspectives Macro-perspective; the big picture Micro-perspective; the smaller units Meso-perspective; integration and movement between macro and micros Three levels
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Q NO. 1 (A) == TRACE THE GENESIS OF THE CONCEPT OF ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR.. ANSWER== 1.1 INTRODUCTION In a simple term organisational behaviour refers to the behaviour of persons in an organisation. Everybody wants to understand others behaviour. Understanding others behaviour help the persons to influence them. As you must be aware that human behaviour is guided by the internal and external forces. The analysis of these forces provides an insight for understanding the behaviour. Moreover
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There are two main different styles of leadership‚ which are transactional leadership and transformational leadership. Transactional leaders are focussing on the result and performance of followers‚ focus on achievement of established goals‚ and unwilling to make the change to avoid risks. This leadership style is less consider on the culture‚ attitude‚ and feeling of followers while it is aim to achieve organisational objectives such as increase quality of products and services‚ reduce cost of production
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Different Types of Theories in Intelligence 2March‚ 2013 There are different types of theories for intelligence. “Intelligence is the underlying ability to understand the world and cope with it challenges” (Rathus‚ 2008-2009 pg. 174 para 7). Spearman‚ Gardner‚ Sternberg‚ and Salovey/Mayer explains these different types of theories. Some intelligence is a natural type of common knowledge. “Charles Spearman (1904) suggested that the behaviors we consider intelligent have a common underlying factor
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PERSONAL PERSPETIVES ON THEORIES AND DEVIANCE THEORIST THEORY OWN SUMMARY OF THE THEORY OWN SUMMARY OF DEVIANCE EMILE DURKHEIM CONFLIT THEORY The status of a person affects his life into the society. Because of this class status‚ it defines who will be the right person and who is wrong. ROBERT MERTON STRAIN THEORY When societal norms‚ or socially accepted goals‚ place pressure on the individual to conform they force the individual to either work within the structure society has produced
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facilitate the development of a perspective to diagnose and effectively deal with the issues of human behaviour in organisation. Contents : Organisations and Organisational Behaviour: An Introduction Changes in the Organisational Context and Challenges for Organisations –Current Trends‚ and the challenges they pose for managers; Emerging Organisations: Effective response to challenges. Perception‚ Attribution and Shaping Attitude –Some Linkages between Perception and Organisational Outcomes‚ Defining Perception
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ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE -SWATI SISODIA swati.sisodia@nmims.edu What is Organisational Culture • The basic paTTern of shared values and assumpTions governing The way employees wiThin as organisaTion Think abouT and acT on problems and opporTuniTies A system of meaning shared by the organization’s members Cultural values are collective beliefs‚ assumptions‚ and feelings about what things are good‚ normal‚ rational‚ valuable‚ etc. Aspects of culture Values Symbols Customs Language
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are four theoretical approaches of organizational behaviours which are classical‚ systems‚ human relations and contingency approaches that used in management but not certain to use just one approach in a company. It is because every company has different circumstances during various periods. But management have to understand about the main features of each approach to make the best decision. Classical Approach Firstly‚ classical approach emphasis on the planning of the work‚ the technical requirements
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The Major Schools of Management Theory pg. 51 (Matteson & Ivancevich) The Management Process School The approach looks at management as a process of getting things done with the help of people in organized groups. It examines experiences so that practice can be improved using research‚ testing‚ and teaching management process. The Management Process school theory looks at the functions of managers‚ the purpose of the functions‚ the structure and the process of the function. The empirical School
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Alayna Karas Professor Robert Victorin-Vangerud Ethics 102 28 October 2013 Euthanasia from Different Perspectives Euthanasia is a topic in which people have supported it‚ disagreed with it or are unsure of what they think about it. This is a sensitive subject because there are millions of instances we can evaluate and determine if they are morally right or wrong. All people interpret human euthanasia differently; some think we need it‚ some want it and some say we can control it‚ while others
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