MGMT 2100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hierarchical Organization, Big Five Personality Traits, Bill Daniels

• School: University of Denver
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 2100
• Professor: Aimee Hamilton

Document Summary

Organizational behavior the study of individuals and their behaviors at work. Draws from applied psychology, cultural anthropology, communication, and sociology. Hawthorne effect there are positive responses in attitudes and performance when researchers are paying attention to a particular group of workers. Emb improves a leader"s decision by disciplined application of the most relevant and current scientific evidence. Levels of analysis in ob individual behavior may be influenced by processes at different levels in the organization. Levels: individual level the most basic level. An individual"s personality and experiences would explain much of their behavior: dyad level (two party level) differences in people"s behavior occur at this level. Example: mentor and a prot g : group and team level. Leadership the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done, how to do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish a shared goal.