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People

Make the DifferenceGloria L. Sweida

Cal Poly Pomona

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What is organizational behavior and why is it

important?

What are organizations like as work settings?

What is the nature of management and

leadership in organizations?

How do we learn about organizational

behavior?

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Organizational behavior

Study of human behavior in organizations.

An interdisciplinary field devoted to

understanding individual and group

behavior, interpersonal processes, and

organizational dynamics.

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Scientific methods models

Simplified views of reality that attempt to

identify major factors and forces underlying

real-world phenomena.

Link presumed causes of events

(independent variables) with outcomes

(dependent variables).

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Figure 1.1Common Scientific ResearchMethods in Organizational Behavior

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Scientific thinking is important to OB:

The process of data collection is controlled

and systematic.

Proposed explanations are carefully tested.

Only explanations that can be rigorously

verified are accepted.

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Evidenced-based management

Uses hard facts and empirical evidence to

make decisions.

Evidence-based thinking manifests itself

through a contingency approach which

researchers identify how different situations

can best be understood and handled.

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How would the management practices

that might work to motivate news

photographers to be creative differ from

those used to keep construction workers

from deviating from blueprints?

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Contingency thinking

Seeks ways to meet the needs of different

management situations.

Recognizes responses to solutions must be

crafted to best fit the circumstances and

people involved.

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Modern workplace trends

Commitment to ethical behavior.

Broader views of leadership.

Emphasis in human capital and teamwork.

Demise of command-and-control.

Influence of technology.

Respect for new workforce expectations.

Changing concept of careers.

Concern for sustainability.

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Organizational culture

A shared set of beliefs and values within an

organization.

According to Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO, it

is the character of the organization.

Organizational fit matches organizational

culture and individual characteristics.

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Organizational climate

Represents shared perceptions of members

regarding what the organization is like in

terms of formal and informal management

policies and practices.

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Open systems

Obtain resource inputs from the environment and transform

human and material resource inputs into finished goods or

services.

Value Chain

Sequence of activities that results in the creation of good and

services of value to customers.

As a student of CPP are you part of an open-

system?

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Workforce diversity

Presence of Individual differences based on

gender, race and ethnicity, age, able-

bodiedness, and sexual orientation.

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Multiculturalism

Refers to pluralism and respect for diversity in the

workplace.

Inclusion

The degree to which an organization's culture respects

and values diversity.

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Your professor states: One of your assignments

this term is a team project. Please select and

sign up for a team project. Do you . . .

a) Signal your friends in the classroom, and

agree to sign up together for the same team.

b) Wait for everyone to sign up, and thendecide.

c) Just pick a team randomly.

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Manager - Someone whose job it is to directly supportthe work efforts of others.

Effective manager - Helps others achieve high levels of

both performance and satisfactions.. Task performance

Quality and quantity of the work produced or the

services provided by an individual, team, or work unit,

or organization as a whole.

Job satisfaction

Indicates how people feel about their work and the

work setting.

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Managerial skills and competencies

Skill - An ability to translate knowledge into action

that results in a desired performance.

Technical skill -Ability to perform specialized

tasks.

Human skill- Ability to work well with other

people.

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Emotional intelligence

Ability to understand and manage emotions both

personally and in relationships with others.

Self-awarenessunderstand your moods & emotions

Self-regulationthink before acting; control yourself

Motivationwork hard & persevere

Empathy - understand emotions of others

Social skillgain rapport; build good relationships

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Ethical Management includes ethics in

decision-making.

Immoral manager

Amoral manager

Moral manager

Practices ethics mindfulness.

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