BUS 2090 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Human Relations Movement, Behavior Management, Big Five Personality Traits
20 Mar 2015
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What do managers do: managers have a complex set of roles- gurehead, leader, liaison person, monitor, disseminator, spokesperson, entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator. Decisional roles: entrepreneur role- turning problems into opportunities and planning for improved changes, disturbance handler role- dealing with problems stemming from employee con icts and addressing threats to resources, negotiator role- conduct major negotiations with other organizations or individuals. Chapter 2: individual behavior: personality: the relatively stables set of psychological characteristics that in uences the way an individual interacts with his or her environment and how he or she feels, thinks, and behaves. New developments in personality and organizational behavior: ve recent personality variables that have been found to be important for ob: Core self- evaluations: a broad personality concept that consists of more speci c traits, individuals hold evaluations about themselves about the self worth, competence and capability.
