RMG 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mary Parker Follett, Clinical Psychology, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Retail Management
• Course: RMG 200
• Professor: Mark Lee

Document Summary

The study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself. Plato (400 bce): wrote about essence of leadership. Confucius (500 bce): praises the virtues of leadership and ethics. Adam smith (late 1700"s): mentioned advantages of job specialization and division of labour. Max weber (late 1900"s): rational organization, work ethic and charismatic leadership. Frederick taylor: suggested ways to organize work process and motivate employees (goal setting, rewards, etc. ) Mary parker follet (1920"s): propsed new ways regarding power, leadership, team dynamic, etc. Helps us deal with the day to day life in the work field. Helps you advance in current job field (eg. exec to vp) Difference between being a good and bad manager. Also a lot of the thing that we think is common sense is not really because no one acts on it. (strong situations depict our behaviour)