MGHB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Resource Management, Sodexo, Fraternities And Sororities
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Organizations social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Sodexo canada, ctv, toronto blue jays, and a college sorority or fraternity. Their essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people, not necessarily things (people who present both opportunities and challenges) The field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. Individuals are assembled into organizations for a reason. Non-profit organizations have goals such as saving souls, promoting the arts, help[ing the needy, or educating people. All organizations have survival as a goal. The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Certain behaviours are necessary for survival and adaption. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their. Much of the intellectual and physical work done in organizations is quite literally performed by groups, whether they are permanent work teams or short-term project teams.
