ADM 2336 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Job Satisfaction, Scientific Management, Hawthorne Effect
6 Nov 2016
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An engineer who used scientific methods to study workers, and develop ways to. A field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations. Human resources management focuses on the applications of ob theories and principles. Strategic management is devoted to exploring the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization"s profitability. Frederick taylor is the father of scientific management optimize performance of tasks. Max weber focused on the structure of organizations. The human relations movement started to take into consideration the psychology of individuals and the effect of social forces. Individual outcomes: job performance and organizational commitment. Individual mechanisms: job satisfaction, stress, motivation, trust, justice, ethics, learning and decision-making. Individual characteristics and group mechanisms: personality, cultural values, and ability, teams, diversity, and communication, power, influence, and negotiation, leadership style and behaviour. Model that argues that rare and inimitable resources help maintain firms competitive advantage.
