RSM260H1 Study Guide - Emotional Contagion, Victor Vroom, Flextime
23 Oct 2012
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Ob began in the human relations movement in the 1920s. Scientific management taylor the classical view: high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision making. Elton mayo hawthorne experiments; people produce more when given special attention. The human relations view the adoption of management styles that are participative and oriented towards the needs of employees. Employee learning must be continuous and lifelong for the company to thrive in the rapidly changing environment. Personality the relatively stable set of psychological characteristics that influences the way a person interacts with his environment. A person s general style of interacting with the world. Situational approach characteristics of the organizational setting, such as rewards and punishments, influence behaviour. Interactionist approach ob is a function of both dispositions and the situation (personality. Self-monitor the level a person regulate how they behave in social settings and relationships (for example, lawyers and politicians are high self-monitors and kanye west is a low self monitor).
