ORGS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Relational Contract, Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 1000
• Professor: Stephen Friedman

Document Summary

Organizational behaviour is a field of study to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Human resources management is a field of study that focuses on the applications of ob theories and principles in organizations. Strategic management is a field of study devoted to exploring the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization"s profitability. Scientific management (fredrick taylor) involves using scientific methods to design optimal and efficient work processes and tasks. Bureaucracy (max weber) is an organizational form that emphasizes the control and coordination of its members through (1) a strict chain of command, (2) formal rules and procedures, (3) high specialization, and (4) centralized decision making. Human relations movement is a field of study that recognizes that the psychical attributes of individual workers and the social forces within work groups have important effects on work behaviours. The two primary outcomes in organizational behaviour are job performance and organizational commitment.