Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychological Contract, Visible Minority, Job Performance

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Nancy Annett

Document Summary

September 28 2017: definitions, scenarios, factual/research (ex: predictor of affective commitment) Contemporary management: many variables/factors on best to manage. Integrative model: commitment and performance, how everything connects together, what sorts of variables, lead to these outcomes, ex: is motivation- individual, ex: leadership- relational, read chart. Resource based view: maintains or obtaining a competitive advantage, having resources that are rare and uncommon. Imitable-not easily imitated, history, wisdom, experienced people, numerous small decisions, socially complex resources (teams and culture in the organization: people are rare- committed. Research: rule of one-eight, 12% of organizations, do what it takes to recognize and become profitable, people practises and profit, the organization actually implementing changes, comprehensive to become more profitable (with ob practises, people profit link. Job performance: better to manage in term of behaviours rather than results, competition increases when focus on results, how can you change behaviours to improve.