HROD 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Job Satisfaction, Rigour, Behavioural Sciences

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics
• Course: HROD 317
• Professor: James Meurs

Document Summary

Defining organizational behaviour: what do we mean by organization, ob is for everyone, the importance of interpersonal skills. Ob: making sense of behaviour in organizations: the building blocks of ob, the rigour of ob. Challenges and opportunities in the canadian workplace: responding to economic pressures, responding to globalization, understanding workforce diversity. Improving people skills: working in networked organizations, enhancing employee well-being at work, creating a positive work environment. Coming attractions: developing an ob model: an overview. Identify workplace challenges that provide opportunities to apply ob. Class lecture notes: covering slides: 7-10, mine (2), 11-13, 17, mine. A field of study that looks at the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations. Its aim is to apply such knowledge toward improving organizational effectiveness. A consciously coordinated social unit: composed of a group of people, functioning on a relatively continuous basis, to achieve a common goal or set of goals.