ADMS 2400 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Decision-Making, Ophanim, Groupthink
7 Nov 2016
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Organizational behavior: field of study that looks at the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations effectiveness. Motivation, leader behavior & power, interpersonal communication, group structure and process, attitude development and perception, change processes, conflict & negotiations. Organization is a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of a group of people. Human resource management: study focused on application of ob theories and principles in organizations. Major behavioral science disciplines that contribute to ob: psychology: Seeks to measure, explain and sometimes change behavior: social psychology: Focus on people"s influence on one another: sociology: Group behavior in organizations specifically formal and complex organizations: anthropology: Study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities. Investigation generally involves observation of individuals and groups: surveys. Data collected through questions: laboratory studies. Data collected in laboratory settings: case studies:
