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Organizational Behavior, 8e
Organizational Behavior, 8e
Behavior, 8e
Schermerhorn, Hunt, and
Osborn
Prepared by
Michael K. McCuddy
Valparaiso University
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Organizational Behavior:
Chapter 1
Organizational Behavior Today
Study questions.
What is organizational behavior and why is it
important?
How do we learn about organizational
behavior?
What are organizations like as work settings?
What is the nature of managerial work?
How do ethics influence human behavior in
organizations?
Organizational Behavior:
organizations.
Emphasizes high performance organizations.
Occurs in a global context.
Dimensions of individual and group behavior.
Nature of organizations.
Core processes.
Organizational Behavior:
behavior.
Demise of command-and-control.
Emergence of new workplace expectations.
Critical role of information technologies.
Belief in empowerment.
Emphasis on teamwork.
Concern for work-life balance.
Organizational Behavior:
Organizational Behavior:
cont.
Valuing diversity is a core OB theme.
Interpersonal and cultural sensitivity.
executives.
Earnings of women and minorities.
Organizational Behavior:
imperative.
Organizational learning is the process of
Organizational Behavior:
behavior.
Interdisciplinary body of knowledge.
Use of scientific methods.
Focus on application.
Contingency thinking.
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Human resources.
Material resources.
Organizational Behavior:
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environment.
Organizations transform resource inputs.
Organizations return transformed inputs to the
environment as outputs in the form of goods
and services.
Organizational Behavior:
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team leader.
Organizational Behavior:
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Organizational Behavior:
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Organizing.
Creating work structures and systems, and
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Controlling.
Ensuring that things go well by monitoring
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Informational roles.
Monitor.
Disseminator.
Spokesperson.
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Career networks.
Career guidance and opportunity resources.
Social networks.
Trustworthy friends and peers.
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cont.
Technical skills are relatively more important
at entry levels.
Human skills are consistently important across
all managerial levels.
Conceptual skills are relatively more
important at top management levels.
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cont.
Technical skills.
An ability to perform specialized tasks.
Derives from knowledge of expertise gained from
education or experience.
Proficiency at using select methods, processes, and
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cont.
Human skills.
An ability to work well with other people.
Emerges as a spirit of trust, enthusiasm, and
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cont.
Conceptual skills.
An ability to see and understand how the system
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Superiors.
Subordinates.
Customers.
Competitors.
Suppliers.
Regulators.
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illegal.
Saying the behavior is really in the organizations
or persons best interest.
Assuming the behavior is acceptable if others dont
find out about it.
Presuming that superiors will support and protect
you.
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workplace.
Theory Y assumptions.
Work-life balance.
responsibilities.
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