[PSYCH 338] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (33 pages long)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 338
• Professor: Doug Brown

Document Summary

Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Organization are referred to social inventions, o. This means, their essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people, not necessarily things. Note: the field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. All organizations have survival as a goal. Note: the filed of organizational behaviour is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. People have to: o o o o. Be motivated to join and remain in the organization. Carry out their basic work reliably, in terms of productivity, quality, and service. Be willing to continuously learn and upgrade their knowledge and skills. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals. Informal grouping occurs in all organizations b/c friendships develop and individuals form informal alliances to accomplish work. Note: the field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork.