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Title: Textbook Behavior in Organizations, 8ed A' B' Shani


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Module 1
  • Organizational
  • Behavior
  • An Overview

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Learning Objectives
  • 1. Explain what is meant by the term
    organization.
  • 2. Define the field of organizational behavior.
  • 3. Summarize the historical evolution of the
    field.
  • 4. Briefly describe the systems approach to
    understanding, managing, and directing people in
    organizations.
  • 5. State the four levels of improving
    organizational effectiveness.
  • 6. Explain the relationship between rationality
    and irrationality in management.
  • 7. Describe the objectives of the course.

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Key Terms and Concepts
Administrative school Behavioral science
school Classical era Communications Contingency
school Effectiveness Group dynamics Human
relations school Management science school Modern
era Motivation Neoclassical era Organization
Organizational behavior Organizational
culture Perception Personal growth Prescientific
era Rationality Scientific management
school Sociotechnical systems school Structuralist
school System Systems school Team skills
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Module Outline
  • Premodule Preparation
  • Introduction
  • The Organization A Systems View
  • Rationality in Managing
  • Organizational Behavior Historical Evolution
  • Organizational Behavior A Working Definition
  • Objectives of the Course
  • Summary

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Premodule Preparation
  • Activity 1-1 Defining Organizational Behavior
  • Objectives
  • a To identify course topic areas from your own
    work experiences.
  • b To introduce involvement learning and
    appreciative inquiry to begin building the
    learning environment.
  • c To introduce the communication skills of
    sharing, listening, and paraphrasing.
  • Worksheet for Activity 1-1

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Introduction
  • What can I get out of a course in organizational
    behavior?
  • Will I learn something that I really can use?
  • Areas of emphasis in this course
  • Cognitive skills development
  • Behavioral skills development
  • Organizational behavior technology

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The Organization A Systems View
  • What Is an Organization?
  • Initial Framework

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Rationality in Managing
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Organizational Behavior Historical Evolution
  • The Prescientific Era (pre - 1880s)
  • The Classical Era (1880s - 1930s)
  • The Neoclassical Era (1930s - 1960s)
  • The Modern Era (1960s - present)

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Organizational Behavior A Working Definition
  • Utilization of theory and methods of multiple
    academic disciplines
  • Organizations without people and people without
    organizations
  • Macro-micro perspective

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Objectives of the Course
  • Knowledge of behavioral science theory and
    concepts
  • Knowledge of methods and techniques in developing
    effectiveness
  • Appreciation of diversity
  • Understanding perceptual distortion
  • Understanding potential cause-and-effect
    relationships
  • Ability to effectively use team skills
  • Ability to analyze diverse management situations
  • Improve personal goal setting and interpersonal
    communications skills
  • Better awareness of your own behavior
  • Understanding of the process of change and
    management of change

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