INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AT WORK The operation effect of an organization mostly depends on the behavior of individuals within it. It is essential for managers to have deep understanding about how people behave differently over time‚ in different circumstances‚ and with different people. Only when managers know what types of behavior make their employees work effectively can they able to encourage or change the behavior of employees. This helps increase their contribution to the organization and then
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understanding organizational behavior by exploring the most essential elements of organizations and how they function. In Week Two our exploration of organizations will become more specific by examining the most basic working elements of the workplace: people. This course will eventually ask us to contemplate the complexities of people working together in groups and teams but‚ in order to get our studies off to the best start we will begin by considering how individuals function within the workplace
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INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR AT WORK Personality Conflict‚ stress & change Individual behavior at work Ability & aptitude What is Personality? Traits & types The big five factors Slefl & self-image Personality & work behavior Perception Attitude What is personality? Personality is the total pattern of characteristic ways of thinking‚ feeling and behaving that constitute the individual’s distinctive method of relating to the environment. Debate about how far the factors of heredity (nature) and environment
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Predominant Behavior Styles of Team A As with any team‚ team A is comprised of members with different behavioral styles. Team A ’s member ’s behavior styles are Steadiness‚ Cautious‚ and Dominance. These different behavior styles have similarities and differences that can work together to compliment each other or can create team conflict. Linda People with the steadiness style are "slower-paced and relationship-focused. They are also open and indirect‚ relatively unassertive‚ warm‚ and reliable
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There is no question business management must value organizational behavior. An organization is made up of people. People and their behaviors determine the direction of the organization. As mentioned in the reading ‚ “ Understanding‚ predicting and management of human behavior in organizations” (Luthans‚ 2011) is so important because it is the driver of sales production‚ profitability and overall performance of the organization. Fundamentally‚ the bottom line of any organization rests on the overall
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subset of values that align with ethical behavior. In his book‚ Authentic Happiness‚ Martin Seligman has reviewed these core values that influence ethical behavior: • Wisdom and Knowledge: The capacity to take information and convert it to something useful. A prerequisite to doing the right thing when facing an ethical dilemma is knowing what to do‚ knowing the difference between right and wrong. • Self Control: The ability to avoid unethical temptations. Ethical people say “no” to individual gain if
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Individual Process and Behavior Attribution Process An attempt to explain why people do what they do is the core of attribution theory. The theory observes that events are attributed to external or internal sources. The process of attribution is affected by two problems: the tendency to make attributions when focusing on another’s behavior‚ fundamental attribution error; or focusing on one’s own behavior‚ a self-serving bias. The banking industry exemplifies a unique environment where personal
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Chapter 2 Foundations of Individual Behavior Biographical Characteristics Personal characteristics— such as age‚ gender‚ and marital status— that are objective and easily obtained from personnel records. Age Tenure of the Employees Marital Status Gender Biographical Characteristics Ability‚ Intellect‚ and Intelligence Ability- An individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job. Intellectual Ability- The capacity to do mental activities. Multiple Intelligences-
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One out of every ten cars sold in the United States has a manual transmission. Being able to operate a manual transmission is a very important skill to have available. There are many reasons that manual transmission cars are the better choice to drive‚ but the only downfall that manual transmissions have is that the learning curve when starting out can be hard to get used to. What makes operating a manual transmission harder is that there is a third pedal‚ and you can stall out your car. Once the
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CH2 – Foundations of Individual Behavior Ability * Everyone has strengths and weaknesses that make them superior or inferior to others * Ability refers to an individuals capacity to perform various tasks * Intellectual * Mental activities * Assessed by GMA (General Mental Ability)‚ takes into account aptitude‚ verbal comp‚ perceptual speed‚ inductive/deductive reasoning‚ spatial visualization‚ memory * High score in one cat usually means high score
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