MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hawthorne Effect, Henry Mintzberg, Human Relations Movement
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What are organizations: social inventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts. Concerned with how organizations survive, adapt to change and hopefully, prosper. For this to happen, organizational members (employees and management) must: Be motivated to join and remain (sometimes referred to as membership behavior . Be willing to continuously learn and upgrade their knowledge and skills the people of an organization are considered. This is determined by the business strategy, the managerial strategy and culture of the firm: most organizations today require some form of group effort. This can take many forms: coordination among individuals to accomplish organizational goals o o o, alliances (sounds like survivor) The study of attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Perception, attributions and judgment of others o o: values and attitudes, motivation at work. Management: the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others. Emerged from the military and early factories: high degree of specialization of labour.
