Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Meta-Analysis, Human Relations Movement, Organizational Commitment

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

Document Summary

Ob defined is a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations applied by managers or consultants. Human resources management: takes the theories and principles studied in. Ob and explores the details and applications of those principles in organizations. Ob study might explore relationship between learning and job performance, vs. human resources management study might examine the best ways to structure training programs to promote employee learning. Strategic management: focuses on the produce choices and industry characteristics that affect an organizations profitability. Frederick taylor and max weber put heavy emphasis on specialization, coordination and efficiency. Frederick taylor: major influence on way people viewed and thought about. Ob: father of scientific management, focused on designing optimal and efficient work processes, would study how to optimize performance of any task. Scientific management: using scientific methods to design optimal and efficient work processes and tasks.