MGCR 222 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Machiavellianism, Confirmation Bias, Risk Aversion

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Patricia Hewlin

Document Summary

Chapter objectives: define ob; show the value of ob; identify the major behavioral science disciplines that contribute to. Ob; demonstrate why few absolutes apply to ob; identify the challenges and opportunities managers have in applying ob concepts; identify 3 levels of analysis in ob. Ob: a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and stricture have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving and organization"s effectiveness. Systematic study: looking at relationships, attempting to attribute causes and effects, and basing conclusions on scientific evidence. Evidence-based management (ebm): complements systematic study by basing managerial decisions on the best available scientific evidence. Intuition: those gut feelings about what makes others and ourselves tick. Psychology: seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals. Social psychology: generally considered a branch of psychology, blends concepts from both psychology and sociology to focus on people"s influence on one another.