MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Relations Movement, Hawthorne Effect, Ideal Type
Document Summary
Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. Organizational behaviour concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Innovation and flexibility are especially important for contemporary organizations. Organizations based on group efforts: depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish goal, the field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Organizational behaviour: the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Human resources management: programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop, and retain employees in organizations: recruitment, selection, compensation, and training and development. Human capital is strongly related to and a key determinant of firm performance. Goals of organizational behavior: predicting organizational behavior. When people will make ethical decisions, create innovative products, or engage in sexual harassment: explaining organizational behaviour. Determine why people are more or less motivated, satisfied, or prone to resign.
