BUS 272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Espn Bottomline, Visible Minority, Absenteeism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Lieketen Brummelhuis

Document Summary

Value system: a hierarchy based on a ranking of an individuals values in terms of their intensity. Rokeach value survey: terminal values: goals that individuals would like to achieve during their lifetime, instrumental values: preferable ways of behaving. Ethics: the study of moral values or principles that guide our behaviour and inform us whether actions are right or wrong. !1: long-term orientation: a national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence, short-term orientation: a national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and ful lment of social obligations. Baby boomers: born after ww||, hippie ethic (distrust of authority, believe that the end can justify the means, see organizations as merely vehicles for their careers, value sense of accomplishment and social recognition. Generation x: value exibility, life options, and the achievement of job satisfaction, family and relationships, value true friendship, happiness ,pleasure. Generation y: questioning, electronically networked, and entrepreneurial.