MHR 405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Neuroticism, Grafting
16 Oct 2017
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Social learning: skill assessment, skill knowledge (theories, etc, skill analysis (case studies, skill practice, skill application (how we develop the skill) Organizational behaviour (ob: study of what people, think, feel and do in and around organizations. Organizations: group of people who work interdependently toward some purpose, collective entities: people interact with one another in an organized way, have collective sense of purpose (developing internet products) Historical foundations of ob: emerged as distinct field around early 1940s. Benefits of studying ob: mastery, psychic ability, wizardry. Globalization: economic social and cultural connectivity with people in other parts of the world, due to better communication and transportation systems, effects of globalization on organizations, larger markets, lower costs, more innovation. Increasing work intensification, less work-life balance (24/7 schedule) Increasing workforce diversity: surface-level vs. deep-level diversity, opportunities/challenges, better knowledge, decisions, representation, financial returns, challenges of team development, conflict, surface-level diversity is an ethical imperative.
