BU288 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Job Performance, Job Satisfaction, Absenteeism
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Social cognitive theory (bandura: but (cid:449)e (cid:272)an also learn on our o(cid:449)n , people: Sct emphasizes the role of cognitive processes in regulating people"s behaviour: learn by observing the behaviour of others, and, can regulate their own behaviour by: What are organizations: organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Innovation and flexibility, which foster adaptation to change, are especially important for contemporary organizations. Group effort: organizations are based on group effort, this means that organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals, much of the work done in organizations is quite literally performed by groups (teams) What is organizational behaviour: organizational behaviour refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations, the discipline of ob studies these attitudes and behaviours and provides insight about effectively managing and changing them. Human resource management: hr management refers to programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop, motivate, and retain employees in organizations.
