Define utilitarianism. Discuss how utilitarianism might be applied to contemporary organizational communication. Give examples of the results of this application. Utilitarianism is one of the major systems of ethics in which the ethical or right action is one that brings the greats good for the greatest number. It can be applied to achieve the total happiness for everyone in the organization‚ not just the larger corporation. By thinking about how major decisions will affect not only the employs
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THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN Improving organizational PERFORMANCE (CASE STUDY OF flour mill of Nigeria plc) BY AWAZIE ONYINYECHI SARAH 07AB05044 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The word communication has a rich and complex history. It first appeared in English Language in the fourteenth century‚ taken from the Latin word “communicare” which means to impact‚ share or make common. Bateman (1999)‚ defined communication as the transmission of information and meanings from one party
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Lines‚ R. (2004). Influence of participation in strategic change: Resistance‚ organizational commitment and change goal achievement. Journal of Change Management‚ 4(3)‚ 193-215. doi:10.1080/1469701042000221696 The main idea of this study is to analyze the influence of participation in the strategic change process. Lines (2004) evaluated five hypotheses‚ which state‚ 1) participation in strategy processes has a positive relationship on the organization’s post change effectiveness‚ 2) resistance
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distinguish them collectively from other people. Social identity theory addresses phenomena such as prejudice‚ discrimination‚ ethnocentrism‚ stereotyping‚ intergroup conflict‚ conformity normative behavior‚ group polarizations‚ crown behavior‚ organizational behavior‚ leadership‚ deviance‚ and group cohesiveness. Social identity theory was first developed at the start of the 1970s in Britain by Henri Taijfel‚ out if his scientific and personal interest in social perception‚ social categorization
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| The Five Commitments | Kouzes and Posner’s Leadership Methods | | Find your voice by clarifying your values The first commitment of becoming an effective leader is to find your voice by clarifying your values. Finding your voice refers to developing your own leadership style by understanding who you are as a leader. You have to be self aware before you can effectively lead others. One method to better understand yourself is to ask for feedback. Receiving feedback from a peer
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The purpose of this assignment is to discuss how the organizational and operational structures of a business are influenced by eBusiness strategy. All too often‚ companies feel compelled to jump head first into digital marketplaces‚ missing out on opportunities. These same companies are then challenged with a new way of processing standard transactions that become not so standard anymore. eBusiness allows a business to perform many daily routine tasks automatically and remotely. Businesses now
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Leaders and Organizational Culture There are leaders and there are followers‚ consequently the composition of most of the human race. There have been leaders since the beginning of time‚ thus leadership is an extremely important element in our society‚ for without leaders‚ people would be without direction‚ confused‚ and unmotivated. However‚ just because one finds his or herself in a leadership role‚ does not mean he or she is an effective leader or a leader that can create and maintain a healthy
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Questions Chapter 8: LO6 -- Securing Commitment and Closing 1. Is it better to close by never taking no for an answer‚ “closing early and often”‚ or recognizing that “nobody likes to be sold‚ but everybody likes to buy“? Why? 2. What is a commitment signal (i.e. buying signal)? Be able to identify one from a list of examples. 3. How is a commitment signals determined? Know the meaning of a check-back. Your text refers to trial commitments. This is the same as a check-back.
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Study of Organizational Behavior in Bangladeshi Organization Organizational Behavior Course code: MHR 203 Submitted to: Mr. Asaduzzaman Chowdhury Director‚ BTCL271/27 Course Instructor Course code: MHR 203 Submitted by: Anim-Ul-Haque
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The Impact of E-mail Communication on Organizational Life Daantje Derks1‚ Arnold B. Bakker2 1‚2 Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands Abstract Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has become mainstream in work life. This raises the question what the impact of CMC on our daily work is. Since e-mail is still the most prevalent form of CMC in organizational life‚ we focus predominantly on e-mail communication. The central aim of this paper is to give an overview of research
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