MSCI211 Final: Final Exam Study Guide Textbook Notes + Lecture Notes
16 Oct 2011
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Chapter 1: what is organizational behaviour: organizational behaviour: A field of study that investigates the impact of individuals, groups, and structure on behaviour within organizations. Behaviour is what people do in the organization, how they perform, and what their attitudes are. Organizations are consciously coordinated social units composed of groups of people functioning on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common set of goals. Aim is to apply knowledge toward improving organizational effectiveness (manage well) Provides a systematic approach to the study of behaviour in organizations with the underlying belief that behaviour is not random. Systematic study- examination of behaviour in order to draw conclusions, based on scientific evidence about causes and effects in relationships: building blocks of ob, psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science. Considers behaviour in context in which it occurs. X given y z, where y are the contingency variables; x does not necessarily cause z on its own: research methods:
