BU283 Midterm: OB - Midterm Notes 1.pdf
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Chapter 1 organizational behaviour & management (sodexo canada: organizations = social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. The 3 goals of organizational behaviour = predicting, explaining, and managing ob. Predicting = anticipating makes things easier, and the regularity of behaviour in organizations permits the prediction of future behaviours. However, prediction is not always accurate it can be negative: through systematic study, ob uses scientific study to improve predictions, predicting ob does not guarantee that we can explain the reason / develop effective strategies. By using scientific evidence, managers can act on information. The pursuit of evidence-based management is more likely to result in the attainment of organizational goals, including those effecting employees, shareholders, etc. Early prescriptions regarding management = classical, human relations, contingency. (1) classical viewpoint = (early 1990"s) this perspective advocated high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision-making processes.
