Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mary Parker Follett, Human Relations Movement, Jeffrey Pfeffer

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Victoria Digby

Document Summary

What are organizations: organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Group effort: this means that organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals, the field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how to get people to practice effective teamwork. What is organizational behavior: organizational behaviour refers to the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations, provides insight into effectively managing and changing organizational attitudes and behaviors. Goals of organizational behaviour: effectively predicting, explaining, and managing behaviour hat occurs in organizations. If behaviour can be predicted and explained, it can often be managed. Early prescriptions concerning management: two basic phases for correct way to manage, classical view, human relations view. Contemporary management the contingency approach: contemporary scholars and managers recognize the merits of both approaches, classical advocates critical role of control and coordination, human religionists dangers of certain forms of control and coordination.