ADM 2336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resource Management, Hawthorne Effect, Strategic Management
3 May 2016
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Adm2336 week 1 wednesday, september 9, 2015. Organizational behavior: field of study devoted to understanding, ecplaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Human resources management: field of study that focuses on the applications of. Strategic management: field of study devoted to exploring the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization"s profitability. Management theory: scientific management f. w taylor. Using scientific methods to design optimal and efficient work processes and tasks: bureaucracy max weber. An organizational form that emphasizes the control and coordination of its members through a strict chain of command, formal rules and procedures, high specialization, and centralized decision making: human relations management hawthorne studies. Field of study that recognizes that the psychological attributes of individual workers and the social forces within work groups have important effects on work behaviors: contemporary management contingency. Declaration: effective organizational behavior can keep/improve the quality of a company"s product or service.
