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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Consumer behavior 1. You are the brand manager of a new line of light weight autofocus‚ economically priced digital cameras. Describe how an understanding of consumer behaviour will help you in your segmentation strategy and promotion strategy. What are the consumer behaviour variables that are crucial to your understanding of this market ? The specification of five elements creates a promotional mix or promotional plan. These elements are personal selling‚ advertising‚ sales promotion
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can be reflected in a person’s temperament and is a key factor influencing individual behaviour in organizations. Often the wrong type of personality of a superior proves disastrous in terms of worker unrest and protests. Salvatore Maddi has defined personality as: “Personality is a stable set of characteristics and tendencies that determine those commonalities and differences in the psychological behaviour (thoughts‚ feelings and actions) of people that have continuity in time and that may
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behavioral science that built on contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines. In addition on that‚ the disciplines that shed light on Organizational Behavior are the psychology‚ sociology‚ social psychology‚ anthropology‚ and also the political science. Firstly‚ psychology’s contributions have been primarily at an individual or the micro level of analysis. Furthermore‚ the Psychology is the science that looks for to measure‚ give details and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other
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behavior‚ patterns of structure in order to to help improve organizational performance and effectiveness. 4. O.B. is one of the most complex and perhaps least understood academic elements of modern general management‚ but since it concerns the behaviour of people within organizations it is also one of the most central- its concern with individual and group patterns of behavior makes it an essential element in dealing with the complex behavioral issues thrown up in the modern business world.
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Tourist Behaviour ASPECTS OF TOURISM Series Editors: Professor Chris Cooper‚ University of Queensland‚ Australia Dr C. Michael Hall‚ University of Otago‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand Dr Dallen Timothy‚ Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ USA Aspects of Tourism is an innovative‚ multifaceted series which will comprise authoritative reference handbooks on global tourism regions‚ research volumes‚ texts and monographs. It is designed to provide readers with the latest thinking on tourism world-wide and in
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Introduction Prosocial behaviour is described as a voluntary behaviour in order to benefit someone else (Eisenberg & Fabes‚ 1998). This prosocial behaviour such as sharing‚ helping‚ sympathy and empathy form an important part of the social interactions between individuals and groups and has thus been studied in terms of where these behaviours come from. To illustrate Eisenberg and Fabes ’ quote (1998‚ pg 742) that prosocial behaviour is an outcome of a combination of many factors‚ five different
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`challenging behaviour’ is now more commonly used and has replaced previous terms such as ‘problem behaviour’ or ‘behaviour disorder’. The reasoning is that it reflects a view that the problem is not a property of the behaving person but emerges from how the behaviour is perceived‚ managed and tolerated by other people. The intensity of the challenge depends not only on the nature of the behaviour but also on the skills of the carers and others in their abilities to respond to the behaviour with a view
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1. Ethical behaviour (20 marks) a. Discuss ethical issues that impact on Cirque du Soleil as an organisation. Your discussion must consider at least TWO conflicting viewpoints on ethical behaviour. The Organisational structure of Cirque du Soleil is based on recognizing the value of the performers. The artists are recognised as representing the value of the Company. They ensure that the organizations values are reflected in all its business and management decisions. Cirque
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Prosocial behaviour is described as a voluntary behaviour in order to benefit someone else (Eisenberg & Fabes‚ 1998). This prosocial behaviour such as sharing‚ helping‚ sympathy and empathy form an important part of the social interactions. It has been studied in terms of where these behaviours come from.There are various theories regarding the prosocial behavioural tendencies of individuals. Prosocial behaviour is regarded by Reber (1995)‚ as a “descriptive label for those social behaviours that are
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