BUS 272 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ableism, Job Satisfaction, Appreciative Inquiry

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Bill Scott

Document Summary

Intro to organizational behaviour & a case for strength-based. Today"s agenda: expectations, the syllabus, tas & myself, an intro to ob, the case for a strength-based approach. Personality emotions and moods; diversity; more effective communication and conflict management. Values and career choices; the impact of perceptions on decision making; recognizing perceptual biases; the impact of groups. Fostering positive attitudes in others; motivating others to engage; positively leveraging influence; effectively managing change. Understand discrimination; lessen systemic racism, sexism, ableism; understand how to bring workers with different backgrounds together; leverage diversity for sca. Build teams to maximize creativity; understand how to motivate; lead and follow effectively; remove barriers to creativity. Enhance job satisfaction; manage conflict, stress, anxiety; understand what it takes to maintain a positive environment. Generativity = spiral upwards: discovering and building on what works, broadens thinking, open to creative possibilities. Problem: being late for meetings -> positive opposite: being on time -> generative/growth: creating magnetic meetings.