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OLS 252
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Undergraduate 2
09/13/2012

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Organizational Behavior
Definition
The field that seeks to understand individual, group, and organizational processes in the workplace
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protect yourself from Machiavellianism
Definition
-do not talk to that person alone
-talk to someone else about the problem
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Machiavelianism
Definition
a personality trait involving willingness to manipulate others for one's own purposes
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OB's three levels of analysis
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-Organizational Process
-Group Processes
-Individual process
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Theory X
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A traditional philosophy of management suggesting that most people are lazy and irresponsible, and will work hard when forced to do so
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Theory Y
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A philosophy of management suggesting that under the right circumstances, people are fully capable of working productively and accepting responsibility for their work
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Contingency approach
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A perspective suggesting that organizational behavior is affected by a large number of interacting factors
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Fred Taylor
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-Time-and-motion study
-Scientific Management
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Elton Mayo
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-Human relations movement
-Hawthorne studies
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Classical Organization Theory
Definition
An early approach to the study of management that focused on the most efficient way of structuring organizations
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Bureaucracy
Definition
an organizational design developed by Max Weber that attempts to make organizations operate efficiently by having a clear hierarchy of authority in which people are required to perform well-defined jobs
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Convergence Hypothesis
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A biased approach to a study of management which assumes the principles of good management are universal, and that ones that work well in the United States will apply equally well in other nations
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Divergence Hypothesis
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The approach to the study of management which recognizes that knowing how to manage most effectively requires clear understanding of the culture in which people were
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telecommuting
Definition
the practice of using communications technology to perform work from remote locations, such as one's home
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Job sharing
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a form of regular part-time work in which two or more employees assume the duties of a single job, splitting its responsibilities, salary, and benefits in proportion to the time worked
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Social Perception
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The process of combining integrating and interpreting information about others to gain an accurate understanding of them
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Attribution
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that causes there which individuals attempt to determine the causes behind others behavior
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Correspondent Inferences
Definition
Judgments about people's dispositions, their traits and characteristics, that correspond to what we have observed of their actions
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Kelley's Attribution theory
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The approach suggesting that people will believe others' actions to be caused by internal or external factors based on three types of information: consensus,consistency, and distinctiveness
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Stereotype
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A belief that all members of specific groups share certain traits and are prone to be a similarly as a result
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Perceptual bias
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Predispositions that people have to misperceive others in various ways
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Fundamental attribution error
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The tendency to attribute behaviors to internal factors majority of the time
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halo effect
Definition
Our overall impression of a person is affected by a specific trait of errors or an activity which they have performed
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Similar-to-me effect
Definition
the tendency for people to perceive in a positive way others who are similar to themselves
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Selective perception
Definition
the tendency to focus on some elements of the environment while ignoring others
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First-impression error
Definition
the tendency to base judgments of others on early impressions of them
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self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition
the tendency for someone's expectations about another to cause that person to behave in a manner consistent with those expectations
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Pygmalion effect
Definition
positive
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Golem effect
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negative
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Impression Management
Definition
efforts by individuals to improve how they appear to others
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Learning
Definition
relatively permanent change in behavior occurring as a result of experience
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Operant Conditioning
Definition
form of learning in which people associate the consequences of their actions with the actions themselves. Behaviors with positive consequences are acquired; behaviors with negative consequences are avoided
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punishment
Definition
decreasing undesirable behavior by following it with undesirable consequences
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extinction
Definition
the process through which responses that are no longer reinforced tend to gradually diminish in strength
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Observational Learning
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The form of learning in which people acquire new behaviors by systematically observing the rewards and punishments given to others
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Keys to effective training
Definition
-Promote Participation
-Encourage repetition
-Use Active Learning
-Capitalize on Transfer of Training
-Give Feedback
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discipline
Definition
process of systematically administering punishments
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Personality
Definition
the unique and relatively stable pattern of behavior, thoughts, and emotions shown by individuals
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Five dimensions of personality
Definition
-extraversion
-agreeableness
-conscientiousness
-neuroticism
-openness to experience
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types of intelligence
Definition
-Cognitive intelligence
-Practical intelligence
-Emotional intelligence
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physical abilities
Definition
strength
flexibility
stamina
speed
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organizational culture
Definition
a cognitive framework consisting of attitudes, values, behavioral norms, and expectations shared by organization members
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culture
Definition
This set of values, customs and beliefs that people have in common with other members of a social unit
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types of cultures
Definition
clan culture
hierarchy culture
adhocracy culture
market culture
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