BUSI 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Relations Movement, Organizational Culture, Human Resource Management
21 Jan 2018
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A number of concepts that are basic to organizational behavior: provides integration of modules to come. Important to understand at the outset just what organizational behavior is and why we should devote time to its study. Organizational behavior: the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations: goals are predicting, explaining and managing organizational behavior. Many of the topics covered have applications outside of organizations. Interpersonal and group processes teamwork, leadership, conflict, organizational culture and one total organization process, organizational change, development and innovation. Idea is that there is one best way to manage has given way to the difficult and complex task of trying to define the issues that are important to a management decision and how they impact the decision. Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort: three important elements. Fundamental requirement for a coordinated presence of people which is the essential characteristic of organizations as social inventions.
