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Document Summary
Part 1 an int roduction: organizational behaviour and management. What are organizations: def: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort, social inventions the coordinated presence of people. Flexible and innovative: group effort interaction and coordination among people to accomplish goals. What is organizational behaviour: def: the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Study how organizations can be structured more effectively: study how events in the external environment affect organizations. Why study organizational behaviour: organizational behaviour is interesting. Goals of organizational behaviour: predicting organizational behaviour and events, ob provides as scientific foundation that helps improve predictions of organizational events (it is not always accurate, explaining organizational behaviour and events in organizations. Management: management is the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others, prediction and explanation involves analysis while management is about action. Early prescriptions concerning management: attempts to prescribe the correct way to manage an organization and achieve its goals:
