BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Job Satisfaction, Human Capital, Human Resource Management
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Organizations: social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Social inventions: field of ob is about understanding & managing people to work effectively. The orga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)s" esse(cid:374)tial (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) is the (cid:272)oordi(cid:374)ated prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of people (vs. things) Goal accomplishment: how organizations can survive (main common goal) & adapt to change. Certain behaviours are necessary for survival and adaptation. Group effort: ob is about how to get people to practice effective teamwork. Organizations depend on interaction and coordination among people to accomplish their goals. The quality of this informal contact (communication, morale) can influence goal achievement. Organizational behaviour: attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Provide insight about effectively managing events in external environment should be studied by managers, workers, and everyone who interacts with the organization. Important to approach topics systematically using principles & scientific research to come up with an understanding of what is going on in an organization.
