Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 59 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Tony Francolini

Document Summary

Organizations are social inventions for accomplishing a common goal through group effort. Their essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people, not necessarily things. The field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. Virtually all organizations have a survival goal. Certain behaviours are necessary for survival and adaptation. Organizations are based on group effort / they depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals. Formal group work (projects etc. ) and informal grouping (friendships etc. ) The quality of this informal contact in terms of communication and morale can have a strong impact on goal achievement. The field of organizational behaviour (ob) is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. The attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Studies these attitudes and behaviours and and provides insight about effectively managing and changing them.