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Contents - Lessons & Practice

Business

Organizational Behavior

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OpenStax

Organizational Behavior

19 lessons

One lesson for each chapter of Organizational Behavior, in the book’s order. The lesson teaches what that chapter says you need to know, then checks it.

  1. 1Management and Organizational BehaviorHere are some excerpts from his book Working .
  2. 2Individual and Cultural DifferencesAs we can see in the example of Cathie Mahon, our unique personal characteristics can have a dramatic influence on both individual behavior and the behavior of those around us.
  3. 3Perception and Job AttitudesBy perception , we mean the process by which one screens, selects, organizes, and interprets stimuli to give them meaning.
  4. 4Learning and ReinforcementThat is, a person is said to have learned something when they consistently exhibit a new behavior over time.
  5. 5Diversity in OrganizationsThe term managing diversity is commonly used to refer to ways in which organizations seek to ensure that members of diverse groups are valued and treated fairly within organizations 2 in all areas including hiring…
  6. 6Perception and Managerial Decision MakingStakeholders are all the individuals or groups that are affected by an organization (such as customers, employees, shareholders, etc.)
  7. 7Work Motivation for PerformanceThis includes the goals (outcomes) the person is expected to achieve and the process by which the goals will be achieved.
  8. 8Performance Appraisal and RewardsPerformance appraisals are one of the most important and often one of the most mishandled aspects of management.
  9. 9Group and Intergroup RelationsThere is substantial agreement among researchers and observers of small task groups that something important happens in group interaction which can affect performance outcomes.
  10. 10Understanding and Managing Work TeamsWhether you work in a manufacturing environment and utilize self-directed work teams, or if you work in the “ knowledge economy ” and derive benefits from collaboration within a team structure, you are harnessing the…
  11. 11CommunicationUnderstand and describe the communication process
  12. 12LeadershipSome definitions consider leadership an act or behavior, such as initiating structure so group members know how to complete a task.
  13. 13Organizational Power and PoliticsHere, power is defined and distinguished from the related concepts of authority and leadership, and several bases of power and aspects of power dependency are discussed.
  14. 14Conflict and NegotiationsBy any standard of comparison, conflict in organizations represents an important topic for managers.
  15. 15External and Internal Organizational Environments and Corporate CultureTo succeed and thrive, organizations must adapt, exploit, and fit with the forces in their external environments.
  16. 16Organizational Structure and ChangeSecond, organizational design is the process of setting up organizational structures to address the needs of an organization and account for the complexity involved in accomplishing business objectives
  17. 17Human Resource ManagementThese are tools that may be used in talent development
  18. 18Stress and Well BeingTo the extent that individuals are unable to adjust to work, we would expect them to persist in counterproductive behavior
  19. 19EntrepreneurshipAnother prevalent type is family entrepreneurship —that is, when a business is owned and managed by multiple family members, usually for more than one generation.