Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Social Cognitive Theory, Organizational Learning, Human Relations Movement
6 Feb 2013
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Learning objectives: organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. The basic characteristic of organizations is that they involve the coordinated efforts of people working together to accomplish common goals: organizational behaviour refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in an organizational context. The field of organizational behaviour systematically studies these attitudes and behaviours and provides advice about how organizations can manage them effectively. The goals of the field include the prediction, explanation, and management of organizational behaviour: management is the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others. Taylor"s scientific management and weber"s views on bureaucracy are in line with the classical position. Important activities include routine communication, traditional management, networking, and human resource management. Managers pursue agendas through networking and use intuition to guide decision making. Learning objectives: personality is the relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way we interact with our environment.
