ADM 2336 Chapter 1-8: ADM2336 Organizational Behavior Textbook Notes
3 Dec 2016
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Ob: field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, improving attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Hrm: field of study that focuses on applications of ob theories and principles in organizations. Strategic management: field of study that explores the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization"s profitability (e. g. profitability vs. diversification correlation) Bureaucracy (max weber): problems blamed on design flaws, failure to implement processes, bad working conditions, and at the organizational level it is a problem id deficient structural characteristics. But it is an organizational form that emphasizes the control and coordination of its members through: strict chain of command, formal rules and procedures, high specialization, centralized decision making. Human relations movement: field of study that recognizes that the psychological attributes of individual workers and the social forces within work groups have important effects on work behaviors. Integrative model of ob (diagram p. 6 f1-1)
