BUS 272 Lecture : OB - CH1 notes.docx
20 Feb 2012
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Organization behaviour: field of studieds that looks at the impact of individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations. Its purpose is to apply such knowledge towards improving an organizational effectiveness. Organization: consciously co-ordinated social unit, composed of a group of people, that functions on a relatively continous basis to achieve a common goal or set: socal entities (people, goal oriented, deliberately structured/consciously coordinated, continuous basis. Each levl is constructed upon the previous level group concepts are built on the foundation we lay out. Ech has callenges that can affect how the levels above and/or below might operate. How to behave ethically in the face of competing demands from different stake holders. Needing to learn how to work w/diff people +indivs have diff lvls of job satisfication motives. (thus affects how managers manage employees: individual differences : diff characters; percetion, personality, values +attutudes, job satisfaction: Concern negatively related to absenteerism + amounds of $ annually: motivation, empowerment :
