BUAD309 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Henry Mintzberg, Henri Fayol, Cognitive Dissonance
4 Oct 2016
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What is organizational behavior (ob): organizational behavior: a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization"s effectiveness a. i. Explores motivation; leader power; group structure and process; attitude toward development and perception; change processes; conflict and negotiation; and work design. Show the value to ob of systematic study: systematic study of behavior a. i. Behavior is somewhat predictable if we know how the person perceived the situation and what is important to him or her: evidence-based management (ebm) b. i. Bases managerial decisions on the best available scientific evidence c. Systematic study and ebm add to intuition, or those gut feelings about. Why i do what i do and what makes others tick c. ii. If we make all decision based on intuition or gut feeling we are likely working with incomplete information.
