ADMS 2400 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Stereotype, Personality Test, New Zealand Labour Party

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2400
• Professor: Len Karakowsky

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Demonstrate the value of interpersonal skills at work. Understand the value of systematic study of ob. Demonstrate why few absolutes apply in ob. Identify how knowledge of ob can help address workplace challenges. Describe the three levels of analysis in the ob model. A consciously coordinated social unit: composed of a group of people, functioning on a relatively continuous basis, to achieve a common goal or set of goals. Organizational behaviour (ob) is relevant anywhere: people come together and share experiences, work on goals, or meet to solve problems. Recognition of the importance of developing interpersonal skills is closely tied to the need for organizations to get and keep high-performing employees. Creating a successful organization is not simply a case of good strategy and good financial decision-making. Ob is based off: psychology, social psychology, sociology, anthropology, microstudy (study of individuals, macrostudy (study of groups and organizations)