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Organizational Behavior
(OB) studies the influence that individuals, groups and organizational structure have on behavior within organizations.
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Systematic Study
- - examine relationships
- - attempting to attribute cause and effect
- - basing our conclusions on scientific evidence (controlled conditions)
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Evidence based management (EBM)
involves basing managerial decisions on the best available scientific evidence.
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intuition
"gut feelings" about "what makes other tick."
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Psychology
the science that seeks to measure, explain and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.
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social psychology
blends concepts from both psychology and sociology, though it is generally considered a branch of psychology. focuses on people's influences on one another.
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sociology
the study of people in relation to their social environment or culture
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anthropology
study of socities for the purposes of learning about human beings and their activities.
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contingency variables
OB concepts must reflect situational or contingency conditions. x leads to y but only under conditions specified in the contigency variables.
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workforce diversity
organizations are becoming a more heterogeneous mix of people interms of gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
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positive oragnizational scholarship
concerns how organizations develop human strengths, foster vitality and resilience, and unlock potential.
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