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Org Behavior
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Business
Undergraduate 3
09/29/2009

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Organizational Behavior
Definition
Study of factors that impact individuals and groups in organizations and how organizations manage their environments
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4 Functions of Managers
Definition
POLC: plan, organize, lead, control
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3 Important Skills for managers
Definition
Conceptual (analyze)
Inter-Personal (get along and motivate others)
Technical (proficiency and skills)
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Personality
Definition
the relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a person has.
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MYers- briggs type indicator
Definition
* ESTJ - Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, Judging
* INFP - Introversion, iNtuition, Feeling, Perceiving
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Jungian (4 demension) model of personality
Definition
Jung identified two pairs of psychological functions:

* The two perceiving functions, sensing and intuition
* The two judging functions, thinking and feeling
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4 issues in the workplace that personality types affect
Definition
EI: relationships
SN: generation of info
TF make decisions
JP: establishing priorities
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intrinsic behavior
Definition
Doing things for own sakes.
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extrinsic behavior
Definition
get material/social rewards or avoid punishment.
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self esteem
Definition
the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about his or herself.
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self monitoring
Definition
concerned about how they appear to themselves and do things based on internal sense of right and wrong
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social monitoring
Definition
concerned on how they appear to others and do what is socially acceptable
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locus of control
Definition
can be internal or external: the degree to which one takes responsibility vs. sees it as part of collective culture
internal- their own actions and behaviors impact what happens to them
external- think outside forces are responsible for what happens to them
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self efficacy
Definition
belief that one can perform a specific task successfully
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perception
Definition
process by which people select, organize, and interpret the input from their senses (environmental stimuli). 3 components.
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3 components of perception
Definition
1. perceiver- person trying to interpret things around him
2. Target- what the perceiver is trying to make sense of and focus on
3. situation- context in which perception takes place
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biases in perception
Definition
primary effect, contrast effect, halo effect, similar to me effect, expectation bias, recency bias
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schema
Definition
a structure of knowledge that is keept in memory to help us organize and interperet info (internal pda) use knowledge and past stimuli
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stereotypes
Definition
disfunctional schema overly simplified and often inacurrate beliefs about the typical characteristics of a particular group
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attribution theory
Definition
An attributionattributionThe causal explanation we give for an observed behavior. is the causal explanation we give for an observed behavior.
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FAB
Definition
attribution made about other people, tendency to judge because have trouble seeing external factors
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SSB
Definition
tendency to attribute outr failures to the situation while contributing positive successes to ourselves (internal)
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Attitudes
Definition
formed through direct experience and social learning, opinions, beliefs, feelings
1. satisfaction
2. organizational citizen behavior
organizational commitment
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job satisfaction
Definition
positive emotional state resulting from the apraisal of one's job and job experiences
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organizational citizenship behavior
Definition
behavior that goes above and beyond the call of duty to benefit your organization or others in it
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absenteeism
Definition
unscheduled work absence
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organizational commitment
Definition
strength if an individualsidentification within the organization:
1. affective- positive desire to remain , interesting
2. continuous commitment- unable to leave, military
3. normative commitment- bc it is a perceived obligation to stay with the company
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Instrumental values
Definition
prescribe desireable standards of conduct or methods of obtaining a goal
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terminal values
Definition
prescribe desireable goals or ends for the individual
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hinez dilema
Definition
Heinz Dilemma - do you steal or not /// if there is nothing you can do and you have exhausted all options in a life or death situation do you steal or not...
diffusion of responsibility- the Bystander Affect-- the idea that who is in the situation and why we will chose.
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self centered level of morals
Definition
Moral value resides in external happenings rather than in persons and standards.
----- you are motivated to avoid punishment and get rewards--- Toddler level
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confirming level
Definition
moral value resides in good or right roles motivated based on expected approval of others
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Principles level
Definition
moral value resides in internalized principles of the individual motivated by respect for self
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moral consistency
Definition
if convictions are constant you are considered morally mature. values inform our attitudes
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3 elements of motivation
Definition
direction of behavior (what behavior a person choses to perform)
level of effort (how hard working to perform behavior)
level of persistance (when faced with obsticles how hard does person keep trying to perform behavior)
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