DANCEST 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Outsourcing, Longitudinal Study, Ikea
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Ob component, 50% coursework in class test 50 minutes (lectures 1-8), 7th november. Hrm, 50% exam exam period 20th jan 31st jan. Organisational behaviour a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, structure have on behaviour within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations effectiveness. As machines suggests a logical, rational system with subsystems, predictability and controllability. Focuses on the goals ad purpose of the organisation. As an organism recognises that an org must adapt to survive, it is seen as a living system. Organisations have a life cycle, open systems model that transforms inputs into outputs. As psychic prisons organisation viewed as mental construction i. e conscious and unconscious psychological processes. As a brain organisations learn, make decisions, process information, in other words act and think like brains do. As cultures recognises that organisational members develop shares norms, shared values and language.
