Introduction To The Field Of Organizational Behaviour

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Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behaviour
Individual Behaviour
Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations
Workplace Emotions
Foundations of Employee Motivation
Applied Performance Practices
Decision Making and Creativity
Team Dynamics
Communicating in Organizations
Power and Influence in the Workplace
Conflict and Negotiation in the Workplace
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Designing Organizational Structures
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change

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In order to be considered an organization, a business must have buildings and equipment.

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More than 1,000 years ago, Chinese factories were producing 125,000 tons of iron each year.

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All organizations have a collective sense of purpose.

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Social entities are called organizations only when their members work interdependently toward some purpose.

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Scholars have been studying organizational behaviour since the days of Greek philosophers.

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The study of organizational behaviour wasn't formally organized until the 1970s

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Organizational behaviour emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s.

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An important principle in organizational behaviour is that OB theories should never be used to question or rebuild one's mental models.

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Organizational behaviour knowledge helps us influence people and organizational events.

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Evidence indicates that applying organizational behaviour knowledge tends to improve the organization's financial performance.

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Organizational effectiveness, not profitability, is considered the "ultimate dependent variable" in organizational behaviour.

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One problem with the term "organizational effectiveness'' is that it has too many substitute labels, as well as too many different definitions.

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Almost all organizational behaviour theories share an implicit or explicit objective of making organizations more effective.

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The goal attainment definition of effectiveness focuses on whether the organization achieves its stated goals.

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At present there is only one organizational behaviour perspective which adequately defines organizational effectiveness.

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The major organizational effectiveness perspectives are considered detailed extensions of the closed systems model.

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The open systems perspective emphasizes that organizations are effective when they maintain a good "fit" with their external environments.

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One problem with the open systems perspective is that it neglects to focus on how well the organization operates internally.

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The most efficient companies are not necessarily the most effective ones

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Successful organizations only need to concentrate on achieving efficient transformation processes.

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