BU288 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Job Satisfaction, Job Performance, Agreeableness
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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: Maslow"s hierarchy of needs: basic needs -> extrinsic needs, psychological and self-fulfillment needs -> intrinsic needs, physiological needs: wages, benefits, workspace, tools, breaks, belongingness and love needs: supportive supervision, friends at work, esteem needs: meaningful work. 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)
