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| working w/ppl & groups with the sole intention of achieving organization goals |
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| both, is a practice which can be applied to many fields (art) as well as a science - a body of systematic knowledge, clear concepts, and theories |
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| Theory: Empirical or Case approach |
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The experience of past situations to guide in the
present. Find out why a particular action succeeded or
failed by going deeper to analyze the basic reasons. |
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2. The Inter-personal behavior
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It is all about understanding people and their
relationships. It mainly deals with human aspects
and stresses that if people understood other people
perfectly, organizational goals could be achieved
without much difficulty. |
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3. The Group-behavior
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| ppl work in groups, how groups affect production possibilities positively or negatively. related to study of behavioral composition of groups & impacts on relationships |
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| Co-operative social systems approach |
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| corollary w/group behavior approach. deals w/human relationships as a co-op social system. by christian barnard. essence is co-op interaction of thoughts, ideas, wants of 2+ ppl. focuses on interpersonal & group behavior approaches & their interaction leads to system of co-operation |
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| socio-technical systems approach |
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| credited to e.l. trist, seeks to emphasize the systems aspect of group behavior. relates it w/technical systems & its rl's. should be a harmonius rl w/ groups of ppl (social systems) & machines/sys.s/methods (technical sys). seeks to establish that person & group behavior are influenced by the tech sys in which they work |
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| The decision theory approach |
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| emphasize that a manager's most important function is Decision Making & should be central focus. so all other functions of a manger are built around it |
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| mgmt = a system, w/subsystems. total unity is a collection interdependent or interconnected subsys.s working w/in a total enviroment. sub= concepts, ideas, principles, theories in the system - area of managing |
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| mathematical or management science approach |
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| mathematical models form part, ea. situation is freaught in terms of available models & then analyzes the situation threadbare ariving at a math'ly correct decision. |
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