BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Electronic Body Music, Null Hypothesis, Random Assignment
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What is ob: micro the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations, meso , macro , goals of ob are to predict, explain. What is an organization: organizations are social inventions for accomplishing goals through group/common effort, ex. What is management: the art of getting things done in organizations through other people, about action, how to motivate people. Evidence based management: translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices, managers decide based on the best available science, ebm is more likely to result in the attainment of organizational goals. Why we should care: you are a consumer of ob research, textbooks, business press, professors, a critical perspective is necessary to evaluate interventions, your knowledge of ob research can enable you to practice ebm, e. g. Techniques can be used in combination or in series to complement each other. E. g. a correlational study followed by an experiment.
