COMM 151 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pareto Analysis, Proactivity, Conflict Resolution

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 151
• Professor: Christopher Miners

Document Summary

Organization: social invention for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Organizational behaviour: the attitudes and behaviours of individuals in groups or organizations. The study of ob is all about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. It is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Management: the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others. Classical viewpoint: early prescription on management that advocated a high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision- making. Scientific management: frederick taylor"s system for using research to determine the optimum degree of specialization and standardization of work tasks. Bureaucracy: max weber"s ideal type of organization that included a strict chain of command, detailed rules, high specialization, centralized power and promotion based on technical competence. This was a critique of classical management and bureaucracy, which advocated management styles that were more participative and oriented toward employee needs.