Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Henry Mintzberg, Human Resource Management, Management
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Organization: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Social inventions the coordinated presence of people; about understanding people and managing them effectively. Accomplishing common goals organizational survival and adaptation to change are important group goals; how organizations can survive and adapt to change. Group effort interaction and coordination among people to accomplish goals; how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Organizational behaviour: refers to the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Field of organized behaviour about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. How organizations can survive and adapt to change. Depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals. Concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Interesting about people and its human nature. Important what happens in organizations has a profound impact on people. Impactful main factor that differentiates organizations is their human capital or workforce.