BUS 272 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Group Dynamics, Organizational Culture, Rigour

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Likeya

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Disciplines ob is built on (building blocks): psychology: it seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals. Early industrial and organizational psychologists studied the problems of fatigue, boredom, and other working conditions that could impede efficient work performance: social psychology: blends concepts from both psychology and sociology to focus on people(cid:859)s i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)othe(cid:396). Major study area is behavioural change- how to implement it and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance. Contributed to measuring, understanding, and changing attitudes; identifying communication patterns; and building trust. Made important contributions to study of communication, intergroup behaviour, power, and conflict: sociology: studies people in relation to their social environment or culture. Contributed to study of group behaviour in organizations (formal and complex organizations). They have studied organizational culture and change, formal organizational theory and structure, organizational technology, communication, power, and conflict: anthropology: study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.