Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Bottom 10, 360-Degree Feedback, Perceived Organizational Support

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

Document Summary

Organizational behavior: field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations (understanding corelations) Human resources management: field of study that focuses on the applications of ob theories and principles in organizations. ( implementing ob studies into work place) Strategic management: field of study devoted to exploring the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organizations profitability. Scientific management: using scientific methods to design optimal and efficient work processes and tasks. Bureaucracy: an organizational form that emphasizes the control and coordination of its members through a strict chain of command, formal rules and procedures, high specialization and centralized decision making. Human relations movement: field of study that recognizes that the psychological attributes of individual workers are social forces within work groups have important effects on work behaviors. Resource based view: a model that argues that rare and inimitable resources help firms maintain competitive advantage (what makes things valuable)