Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture 1: Mos 2181 Chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

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Mos 2181 chapter 1 introduction to organizational behavior. Ob: a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Hr management: focuses on application of ob theories and principles in organizations: examples: ob studies the relationship b/w learning and job performance, hr studies the best ways to structure training programs to promote employee learning. Strategic management: product choices and industry characteristics that affect an orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s profitability: example: study the relationship b/w firm diversification and firm profitability. Human relation movement: recognizes psychological attributes of individual workers a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial for(cid:272)es (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) (cid:449)ork groups i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:449)orkers" (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iors. (focused on participative management oriented toward employee needs: open communication, participation in decision making, decentralized control. Investigated the impact of fatigue, rest, pauses, and lighting on productivity: unexpected result, productivity increased regardless of lighting no longer have.