BUS 326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Term Paper, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Laissez-Faire

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Business Management
• Course: BUS 326
• Professor: Diane Impagliazzo

Document Summary

Veterans: help them to get ready for the work place: technology: Changed how business works: globalization, non-traditional work place: Better interpersonal skills result in lower turnover (people are always coming and going) of quality employees causes company money. Manager: get things done though other people in the org. Delegation: giving other things to other people to achieve goals or personal growth. Organization: a consciously coordinated social unit composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. In tough economic times, effective management is an asset. In good times, understanding how to reward, satisfy, and retain employees is at a premium. In bad times, issues like stress, decision making, and coping come to the forefront. Overseeing movement of jobs to countries with low-cost labor. The type of test must be able to measure the ability to work the job.