[MGHC02H3] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (44 pages long)
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Educating the modern manager (cid:281)in the world of business and organizational behavior, what changes and what don"t change? (cid:282) A lot of new learning must take place if managers are to remain credible among their peers. A person who is well educated has not only learned a lot, but also has learned the (cid:281)right things(cid:282) Tradition of behaviorism: defines learning as a change in behavior after an experience. (concept of skill: process of acquiring skills, with no emphasis on the process of deeper understanding. The more important case concerns doing things unsuccessfully. Conceptual understanding follows action, but depends upon reflecting on the action. Behaviorists learning is drive by efforts to meet physiological needs. Gestalt tradition learning is driven by (cid:281)epistemic hunger(cid:282), by a desire to understand or master the world. Behaviorist tradition: learning new skills depends primarily on whether the necessary prior skills are available.
