BUS 2090 Chapter all: All Chapter summaries for BUS 2090-1.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Business
• Course: BUS 2090
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

An organization is a social invention for accomplishing a common goal through group effort. Therefore a business is an organization, but so is a fraternity or sports team for example. Social invention implies that the essential characteristic of an organization is the coordinated presence of people. Organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. Goal accomplishment refers to the things a business desires to do, such as survive. Organization behaviour is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Group effort refers to the work teams, and short term project teams, as well as general workplace friendships in the process of accomplishing work. Organizational behaviour is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Organizational behaviour refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Because studies have shown it is getting harder to achieve competitive advantage through means like technology and financial resources.