PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Organizational Culture, Human Capital, Critical Role
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Hok in canada inc. international architectural planning and design firm that is a leader in pioneering sustainable building design practices. 2009: one of canada s top 100 employers & one of canada s greenest employers. Aspects of organizational behavior: organizational culture, communication, motivation and learning. What is organizational behavior y organizational behavior: the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Discipline studies these attitudes and behaviours and provides insight about effectively managing and changing them. How to structure them more effectively and how external environment affects them. Goals of organizational behaviour: predict ob, explain ob, managing ob, management: art of getting things accomplished in organization through others, if behavior can be predicted and explained, it can be controlled/managed. Approach problem with systematic understanding of behavioural science. Early prescriptions concerning management: the classical view & bureaucracy. Classical viewpoint points out the critical role of control and coordination in getting organizations to achieve their goals.
