MGT262H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Relations Movement, Human Resource Management, Hawthorne Effect
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Chapter #1 intro to organizational behavior and. Organizations social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Organizations are assembled to fulfill goals (i. e. providing food, educating people, etc. ) Organizational behavior as a study is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Motivated to join and stay in organization. Wiling to learn and upgrade knowledge and skills. Organizational behavior attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Human resource management programs, practices and systems to acquire, develop, and retain employees in organizations. Management the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others. If behaviour can be predicted it can be explained. Evidence-based management translating principles based on the best scientific evidence into organizational practices. Classical view and bureaucracy are earliest forms of management. Experts tried to find the correct way to manage an organization. Classical viewpoint early prescription on management that advocated high specialization of labour, intensive coordination and centralized decision making.
