SMG OB 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Tacit Knowledge
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The study of what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations. Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. They expect each other to complete certain tasks in a coordinated way. To apply marketing, accounting, etc, you need to understand, predict, and influence behavior (both ours and others) Much of our time is spent working in or around orgs, ob theories are particularly helpful in satisfying this innate drive to make sense of the workplace (understand and predict the world we live in). Gives you the opportunity to question and rebuild your personal mental models that have developed through observation and experience. Need to influence other people in orgs. Ob helps to help u perform your job and working more effectively w others. Important for company"s financial health. (3x better) (higher financial and long-term stock market performance for the best place to work").