COMMERCE 1BA3 Midterm: EXAM review

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 1BA3
• Professor: Asghar Bokhari

Document Summary

Knowing this, you can predict what certain individuals will do. Organizational behaviour: study of how people feel, think and act; individually and in. Resource based view: financial, physical and human resources. (does ob matter?) Resource valuable: rare, inimitable: history, numerous small decisions, socially complex. Ob: the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups, how organizations can be structured more effectively. Knowledge of ob will help you understand the use and effectiveness of human resources practices. Human resource management: programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop, motivate, and retain employees in organizations. (ex: selection, compensations, and training and development are common human resources practices). Evidence-based management: making decisions based on the best available scientific from social science and organizational research rather than personal preference and unsystematic experiences. management recognizes that there is no one best way to manage. Contemporary management-the contingency approach: the contingency approach to.