Organization Behavior Notes
Balancing theory and practice
Groups vs. teams
• Group: no collective goal, collection of individual
• Team: joint or common goal
Maximizing team effectiveness
Team:
• Cooperation
• Coordination
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Cohesion
• Concern
Social and task components of team effectiveness
Enhancing presentation effectiveness
Icerberg Analogy
• Rhetorical question: not really asking for an answer
• To make audience interested
How Many Questions
Survey
• Do the survey prior the presentaiotn o Compare the national statistic to the class result o Drama, skit with question => To demonstrate the idea o Hand
Feedback and its role in performance improvement and learning
II
Psychology
• The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals
• Would look into something like family backgroud
Sociology
• The study of people in relation to their social environment or culture
• Study for a small group
• Sociology studies people in relation to their social environment or culture. Sociologists have contributed to OB through their study of group behavior in organizations, particularly formal and complex organizations. Perhaps most important, sociologists have studied organizational culture, formal organization theory and structure, organizational technology, communications, power and conflict
• Some org is too large that they almost resemble a society. For example, Wal-Mart has the size of a mid-city
Anthropology
• The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities
• The study of people
Three major:
• Linguistic : Study of language
• Phsysical: When did agriculture begin
• Cultural: contribute the most to O.B, focus on the study of culture. Def: the way of life of a people, include the study of tradition, values, norms, religion, beliefs, creaton myths.
• Remote corner
Culture
Corporate culture and organization culture: what is the existing culture in the
Groups vs. teams
• Group: no collective goal, collection of individual
• Team: joint or common goal
Maximizing team effectiveness
Team:
• Cooperation
• Coordination
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Cohesion
• Concern
Social and task components of team effectiveness
Enhancing presentation effectiveness
Icerberg Analogy
• Rhetorical question: not really asking for an answer
• To make audience interested
How Many Questions
Survey
• Do the survey prior the presentaiotn o Compare the national statistic to the class result o Drama, skit with question => To demonstrate the idea o Hand
Feedback and its role in performance improvement and learning
II
Psychology
• The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals
• Would look into something like family backgroud
Sociology
• The study of people in relation to their social environment or culture
• Study for a small group
• Sociology studies people in relation to their social environment or culture. Sociologists have contributed to OB through their study of group behavior in organizations, particularly formal and complex organizations. Perhaps most important, sociologists have studied organizational culture, formal organization theory and structure, organizational technology, communications, power and conflict
• Some org is too large that they almost resemble a society. For example, Wal-Mart has the size of a mid-city
Anthropology
• The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities
• The study of people
Three major:
• Linguistic : Study of language
• Phsysical: When did agriculture begin
• Cultural: contribute the most to O.B, focus on the study of culture. Def: the way of life of a people, include the study of tradition, values, norms, religion, beliefs, creaton myths.
• Remote corner
Culture
Corporate culture and organization culture: what is the existing culture in the