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Why Study Organizational Behavior?
- -Understanding
- -Influencing
- -Predicting
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Organizations
-groups of people who work interdependently towards some purpose
- --structured patterns of interaction
- --coordinated tasks
- --have common objectives (even if not fully agreed)
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Organizational Behavior
- the study of what people think, feel and do in and around organizations
-- combines, sociology, psychology, cultural, anthropology and business economics
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Behavioral Propositions
- ideas about behavior we believe to be true.
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Trends of Organizational Behaviors (OB) : Globalization
- economic, social and cultural connectivity with people throughout the world.
- - effects of globalization on organizations:
- -- new organizational structures
- --different forms of communication
- --more diverse workforce
- --more competition, mergers, work intensification and demands for work flexibility
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Trends in OB: Changing Workforce
- -workforce has increasing diversity along several dimensions
- -primary categories
- -- gender, age, ethnicity, etc.
- -secondary categories
- -- education, marital status, etc.
- -Current trends
- --increased racial and ethnic diversity
- --more women in workforce
- --generational diversity
- --new age cohorts (e.g., gen-x,gen-y, 65+ not retired)
- -Implications
- -- leverage diversity advantage
- -- adjust to the new workforce
- --how do you effectively manage someone like me?
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Work- Life balance
- - Number one indicator of career success
- - priority for many young people looking for new jobs
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Employability
Continued employment determined by adding value.
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Contingent Work
no contract for long-term employment; employment contingent on need at given point in time.
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Trends in OB: Virtual Work
using information technology to perform one's job away from the traditional physical workplace.
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Telecommuting
Working from home with internet connectivity to office
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Virtual teams
operate across space, time, and physical boundaries with colleagues who communicate mainly through electronic technologies
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Knowledge Management
Any structured activity that improves an organization's capacity to acquire, share, and use knowledge for its survival and success
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