BU288 Study Guide - Final Guide: Escalation Of Commitment, Central Tendency, Nepotism
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Organizational effectiveness and good strategies result when there is a fit among four points: mission, competencies, capabilities, and the environment. Core - contributes rare or exceptional value to the firm. Peripheral - contributes most directly to formulating and implementing the orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s gra(cid:374)d strat. Correlation: from one or more independent variables (predictors) to estimate values for a dependent variable (criterion). Summary statistic that represents the linear relationship between two sets of variables. Regression: estimating equation by which to use data. Traits are relatively stable internal states that help to explain how a job incumbent or applicant will behave at work. Belief that personality should be invariant and that behaviour need not be consistent, only functionally equivalent. Rather, personality is likely to be stable over time (esp. after 25). The big five: c-conscientiousness: dependable, organized, ambitious, hardworking, and persevering. A-agreeableness: kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, courteous, and warm. Neuroticism: nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, jealous, and unstable.
