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What is organizational behaviour?

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A field of study that looks at the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations. It’s aim is to apply such knowledge toward improving organizational effectivenss.

2
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What constitutes an organization?

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A consciously coordinated social unit:

  1. Composed of a group of people
  2. Functioning on a relatively continuous basis
  3. to achieve a common goal or set of goals
3
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Why does creating a pleasant workplace make good economic sense?

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Because people like their job for more than wages and benefit. Social relationships between workers and their supervisors are strongly related to overall job satisfaction.

4
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What are the building blocks of OB?

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Psychology
Social Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology

5
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What makes up the rigour of OB?

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OB looks at consistencies

OB looks beyond common sense

OB has few absolutes

OB takes a contigency approach

6
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What are the research methods in OB?

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Field studies
Surveys
Laboratory Studies
Meta-analyses
Case Studies
7
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What is perception?

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The process by which individuals organize and interpret their impressions in order to give meaning to their environment

8
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What three main factors shape perception?

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The Target, the situation, and the perceiver

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What is attribution theory?

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Attribution theory suggests that when someone acts atypically, we tend to determine whether it is internally or externally caused.

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What are the rules we rely on according to attribution theory?

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distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency

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What is the fundamental attribution error?

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We tend to over-emphasis internal reasons over external reasons.

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What is self-serving bias?

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The tendency to attribute your own success to internal factors and failures to external factors.