Business Administration 2295F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Resource Allocation, Occupational Stress, Absenteeism

• School: Western University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: Business Administration 2295F/G
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Meaning organizations essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people: goal accomplishment. Virtually all organizations have a survival goal. Organizational behavior is concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Certain behaviors are necessary for survival/adaptation: motivation, and loyalty to organization. Organizations depend on the interaction and coordination among people to accomplish: ob- refers to the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. How can organizations be structured more efficiently: human resources management. Programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop and retain employees in organizations. Why study organizational behavior: ob is interesting. What makes people behave the way they do. Success and failure: ob is important, ob makes a difference. Organizational behavior is important to managers, employees, and consumers. Today companies can no longer be successful just based on innovation, technology, and economies of scale.