MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Bounded Rationality, Information Overload, Internal Control
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Organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort; 3. Essential characteristics: presence of people, not necessarily things (manufacturing and warehousing being outsourced; service organizations have little physical capital) The field of ob is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. Virtually all organizations have survival as a goal. The field of ob is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals; need to practise effective teamwork, can form groups of permanent work teams or short-term project teams. Informal grouping also occurs as friendships develop and individuals from informal alliances to accomplish work the quality of this informal contact in terms of communication and morale can have a strong impact on goal achievement. Organizational behaviour refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations.
