MSCI211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Msci, Behavioural Sciences, Job Satisfaction

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Management Sciences
• Course: MSCI211
• Professor: Selcuk Onay

Document Summary

Organization is a consciously coordinated social unit, made up of a group of people who work together on common goals on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a set goals(s). Organizational behavior a field of study that investigates the impact of individuals, groups, and structure on behavior within organizations. Ob is an applied behavioral science built on pieces from: psychology, sociology, social psychologist, anthropology, and political science. Psychology is on the micro level of analysis. Others have contributed more to other macro concepts like group processes and organization. Ob"s goal is: to understand and predict human behavior in organizations, apply that knowledge toward improving organizations" effectiveness. Ob"s main goal is to improve organizational effectiveness. Two factors that contribute to improving organizational effectiveness are: organizational commitment the degree to which an employee identifies with the organization and wishes to remain with them.