[COMMERCE 1BA3] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 70 pages long Study Guide!
1 Dec 2016
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What are organizations? (cid:498)organizations(cid:499) = social inventions for accomplishing common goals through: social intervention essential characteristics made by presence of. Field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people + managing. Concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Innovative + flexibility = important for contemporary organizations them to work effectively. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to. Field of ob is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Doesn(cid:495)t guarantee explanation of reasoning for behaviour and develop an. Managing organizational behaviour (cid:498)management(cid:499) = art of getting things accomplished in organizations through. Explaining more important than predicting: management styles differ effectiveness others. If behaviour can be predicted + explained, it can be managed. If prediction + explanation constitute analysis, management constitutes. Action (cid:498)evidence-based management(cid:499) = translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices: using understanding to make decisions, result in attainment of organizational goals.
