COMM 292 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Visible Minority, Organizational Culture, Interpersonal Communication
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Syllabus is on canvas front page (outlining all course evaluation and content) Ob: field of study that looks at the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations. More women and members of visible minorities are in the workplace. Severed the bonds of loyalty that tied many employees to their employers. Ob theories mirror the subject matter with which they deal. People are complex, complicated, so too must be the theories developed to explain their actions. Trying to predict consumer behaviour is similar to predicting employee behaviour. To understand this phenomenon, finance researchers use ob concepts. In addition, behavioural accounting research might study how feedback influences auditors" behaviour, or the functional and dysfunctional implications of earnings warnings on investor behaviour. Fundamental consistencies that underlie the behavior of most individuals are identified and modified to reflect individual differences.
