MHR 405 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Notes
30 Jan 2012
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Organizational behaviour: a field of study that seeks to understand, explain, predict and change human behaviour, both individual and collective, in the organizational context. It is an applied behavioural science: research that improves one s ability to understand, predict and influence behaviour of others. Based on scientific research but not an exact science. The discipline of ob does not focus on financial capital but rather the organization s human capital. Human capital: the knowledge that employees possess and generate, including their skills, experience and creativity. The goal of ob is to continuously grow human capital by developing talent, capacity, synergy and effectiveness of the people working in them. It can look at studies form an individual, a group, and organization level. Emerged as a distinct field in the mid 1940s. Grew from contributions of multidisciplines: psych, soc, engineering antho, and management. Different divisions: clinical, social, experimental and organizational.
