Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter 1: Chapter 1

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

Document Summary

Organizational behavior: field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Ob might be contrasted with two other courses: (r and strategic management. Ob explores the relationship between learning and job performance. (r management: field of study on the applications of ob theories and principles in organizations. Might examine the best way to structure training programs to promote employees. Strategic management: field of study on the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization"s profitability. Ob the theories found in ob are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines. Research on job performance- studies in industrial and organizational psychology, research on satisfaction- social psychology . Overtime, the ideas of best would be changed; many (cid:498)modern(cid:499) theories have their roots in some management theories. Classical management scholars: frederick taylor (cid:523)father of scientific management(cid:524), max weber (cid:523)bureaucracy(cid:524), put heavy emphasis on specialization, and efficiency.