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it important? What are organizations like as work settings? What is the nature of managerial work? How do we learn about organizational behavior?
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organizational systems.
Individual commitment to flexibility,
challenged to:
Simultaneously achieve high performance and
high quality of life. Embrace ethics and social responsibility. Respect the vast potential of demographic and cultural diversity among people. Recognize the impact of globalization.
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organizations. A multidisciplinary field devoted to understanding individual and group behavior, interpersonal processes, and organizational dynamics.
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thinking. The process of data collection is controlled and systematic. Proposed explanations are carefully tested. Only explanations that can be scientifically verified are accepted.
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creation of goods and services. Missions and mission statements focus attention on the core purpose. Mission statements communicate:
A clear sense of the domain in which the
organizations products and services fit. A vision and sense of future aspirations.
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guides organizations to operate in ways that allow them to outperform their competitors. Key managerial responsibilities include strategy formulation and implementation. Knowledge of OB is essential to effectively strategy implementation.
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Have a high-performance orientation. Emphasize teamwork. Encourage risk taking. Emphasize innovation.. Respect people and workforce diversity.
inputs. Internal process approach focuses on the transformation process. Goal approach focuses on outputs. Strategic contingencies approach focuses on impact on key stakeholders.
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effectiveness.
Short-run emphasis on goal accomplishment,
resource utilization, and stakeholder satisfaction. Intermediate-run emphasis on organizations adaptability and development potential. Long-run emphasis on survival.
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others.
Managers assume
roles such as
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Human.
Conceptual.
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