COMM 151- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Short history of organizational behaviour: turn of the 20th century, goods were often produced by skilled craftsmen from beginning to end, resulting in low productivity, early 1900s, rapid industrialization and factory work. Organizational behaviour: the field of behavioural science that examines how individuals act, think and feel in organizations by studying individual and group processes. Announcements: complete step one of the individual project, big five personality traits assessment, will discuss the individual project during class on friday in further detail, and groups will be assigned. Personality traits: characteristics on which people differ that are relatively stable across situations and over time. 2018-01-17: conscientiousness, high level: dependable, responsible, like to plan/set goals, low level: careless, impulsive, reactionary, openness to experience, high level: curious, original, creative, low level: uninquisitive, traditional, conventional. Strong situation: rules and expectations regarding what constitutes acceptable behaviour, and therefore it is harder to examine and identify the levels of each personality trait.
