PSYCH 338 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Resource Management, Fraternities And Sororities, Job Attitude

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 338
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Organizations- social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Organizational behaviour- attitudes and behaviour of people in groups in organizations. Interested in attitudes- how satisfied people are with their jobs, how committed they feel to goals or how supportive they are. Human resources management- programs, practices and systems to aquire, develop and retain employees in organizations. Pay will always motivate workers because most people want to make money and will work harder to earn it. Predicting organizational behaviour- lives are easier when we can anticipate when or how people will act, like when a friend will be angry or happy. Management- getting things accomplished in organizations through others. If behaviour can be predicted and explained it can often be managed. Point is not to overanalyze a problem, have evidence based management. Evidence based management- translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices. More likely to result in attaining of organizational goals,