COMM 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Reinforcement, Negative Affectivity, Genitive Case
30 Jan 2017
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What are organizations: one person can not manage it by themselves, many people working on the same agenda and accomplishing the same goal. Why study ob: explains the success of the organization. Human relations: people oriented style of management, addressing social and psychological needs of employees the contingency approach to management, there is no one best way to manage, an appropriate management style depends on the demands of the situation. Suicide, burnout, stress are all coming from the workplace. motivated by bad planning and bad management. Personality and organizational behavior: focus on disposition and personality, individuals are predisposed to these characteristics, function of both dispositions and situation. Implications of interactionist approach: some personality characteristics are useful in certain organizational situations, there is no one best personality, the importance of fit- putting the right person in the right job, group or organization. 5 factor model of personality: extraversion, emotional stability/ neuroticism.
