[BU288] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (62 pages long!)
Document Summary
Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Essential character 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 survival as a goal. The field of organization behaviour is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Be motivated to join and remain in the organization. Carry out their basic work reliability in terms of productivity, quality and service. Be willing to continuously learn and upgrade their knowledge and skills. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals. Most intellectual/ physical work performed by groups. The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Provide insight about effectively managing and changing them. How organizations can be structured more effectively.
