Public Administration - Municipal OBR250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Elton Mayo, Hootsuite, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Seneca College
• Department: Public Administration - Municipal
• Course: Public Administration - Municipal OBR250
• Professor: Simon Gortana

Document Summary

2 obr250 chapter 1 introduction to the field of organizational behavior. Vancouver-based hootsuite is a rapidly growing technology success story through its visionary leadership, adaptability, collaborative and creative culture, and other effective organizational behaviour practices. Organizational behaviour (ob) -- study of what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations. Organizations -- groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. Collective entities people interact with each other in an organized way. Organizations have a collective sense of purpose -- e. g. developing internet products or designing better aircraft. Ob emerged as a distinct field around the early 1940s. Helps us make sense of and predict our world. Adopt more accurate models of workplace behaviour. Ob practices affect orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s sur(cid:448)i(cid:448)al a(cid:374)d success. Note: need to consider all four perspecti(cid:448)es (cid:449)he(cid:374) assessi(cid:374)g a co(cid:373)pa(cid:374)(cid:455)"s effectiveness. Organizations -- co(cid:373)ple(cid:454) s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s that (cid:862)li(cid:448)e(cid:863) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374), depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374), e(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al environment. Organizations have subsystems transform inputs to outputs. Maintain a close (cid:862)fit(cid:863) (cid:449)ith cha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g co(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s.