Essays on Organizational Behavior

The emphasis at Starbucks regarding the organizational behavior motivational strategies, promoted by the company’s CEO is that employees should be motivated to work for Starbucks prior to their employment in this firm, as the article “How Executives Hire: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz on Finding Motivated Employees” indicates (Trammel, 2013). The article speaks about what Starbucks’ CEO, Howard Schulz, believes about motivated employees and what is his strategy for having motivated people to work with and this is the specific reason for which I have chosen this article, as it elaborates on an organizational behavior issue focused on employee ...

Explain sources of conflict within an organization.

Ideally, in 21st century organizational environment has become intensely competitive. Most of the people in an organization compete for various reasons. Therefore, the competition, and the struggles within the organization lead to conflicts. Conflicts within an organization can cost productivity, money, and time, but in some conditions, it is health for the growth and development of the organization (Heinz & Koontz, 2006). Hence, conflict is the incompatibility of values and goals between different parties in an organization. Another source of conflict is interpersonal motives. In this case, individuals in an organization act in his/her particular manner for various reasons. These ...

Problem Statement

One key pillar in the growth and success of any business is organizational behavior off all the employees whether in senior or junior positions. Unless employees have the right attitude in a business or organization, the overall performance is compromised. As much as management methods and working strategies differ, the goals and objectives are almost similar with organizational success being the main goal. Many organizations have failed due to poor organizational behavior, which ranges from the interaction between employees, and teamwork. Unless there is healthy organizational behavior, teamwork and success are hard to implement. Anybody working in any organization ...

Aguinis, H., & Pierce, C. A. (2008). Enhancing the relevance of organizational behavior by embracing performance management research. Journal of Organizational Behavior. This journal is relevant in this research project because it shows the impact of organizational behavior on both the individuals and the management structures in an organization.The ways to enhance organizational performance through organizational behavior are clearly elaborated in this article. The source is also credible because the author is experienced in human resource aspects and organizational practices. Ali, A. M., & Anis, J. (2013). WHY CEO EMOTIONAL BIASES AFFECT FIRM ASSETS SPECIFICITY CHOICE BAYESIAN NETWORK METHOD: THE EVIDENCE ...

Introduction

Organizational Behavior or OB is an emerging science that deals with the study of how people act and behave in an organization. For the same reason, the theories behind OB are closely related with social psychology as it deals with individuals and organizational behavior and how they are interrelated with each other. Owing to its psychological framework, OB has a wide scope as it encompass a variety of organizational studies such as organizational performance, employee motivation, leadership, team building, organizational structures an organizational management among many other organizational disciplines. The purpose of this paper is to determine how OB ...

- Organizational Behavior. - Introduction - The aim of this project is to encounter the current issues of Dell company. - in order to encounter the issues different case studies and research paper and books have been analyzed. - Two topic that are focus of multiple organization have been chosen to discuss that are diversity and employee engagement. - Description of problem In order to apply the theories of organizational behavior Dell has been taken as targeted organization and current issues that have been recognized are as follow: 1. Diversity issues; company is facing age diversity issues that is ongoing ...

The study of individual behavior within the context of organizations is a relatively new phenomenon. In this area of study, the researcher does not only focus over the individualistic behavior of employees rather they give special importance to the way the behavior contributes towards the organization. In other words, organizational behavior studies the contribution made by individuals to their respective organizations. Organizational behavior is also closely related to the human resources function of the organization. The core function of human resources is to look job selection, training over, and performance appraisal to name a few. Consequently, the job of ...

Abstract

The present paper delineates mainly the two types of leadership styles; one the charismatic leadership style and the other situational leadership style. While the charismatic leadership style is based on the personal charisma of the leader, the situational leadership style is based on the perception of the situation. The charismatic leadership despite inspiring in its appeal is not a participatory style of leadership. This style of leadership is hard to be sustained and does not promote participation and involvement of all. A situational leader changes his style as per the demand of the situation and involves the participation of ...

Organizational behavior is the way individuals communicate and interact inside groups or organizations. Regularly this study of organizational behavior is connected trying to make more effective business associations. The central notion of the investigation of organizational conduct is that a scientific methodology can be used to manage of employees. Organizational behavior hypotheses are utilized for human resource purposes to augment the yield from each group members. There are diverse philosophies and models organizational behavior. Regions of study incorporate enhancing performance of job, expanding occupation satisfaction, empowering administration and promoting innovation. If an organization wants to achieve the desired objectives, ...

Business is all about people. From the small to large enterprise corporations, organizations are designed and created by individuals to accomplish human objectives. Notably, organization behavior is a field in which impacts of groups, individuals, and structures are investigated to determine the kind of impact they have on behavior in organizations. Organization behavior is also meant to understand ways in which people can best accomplish these objectives. Organization behavior is mainly concerned with operations and workers in an organization. This areas is often split into macro and micro-OB. As a disciplinary field, organization behavior focuses on psychology, sociology, management, ...

Abstract

The following work is aimed at reviewing the article by Dann van Knippeberg and Michaela C.Shippers (2007). Their article addresses the developments in the field of work group diversity since the publishing of the work by Williams and O’Reily (1998), offering a review of 40 years of research in the field of demography and diversity of organizations. Topicality of the study is called forth by an increase in diversity in groups that can be traced in all spheres of work. The article under study examines different approaches and conceptualizations of diversity with special attention to studying the effects ...

Business

Group work is based on equal distribution by all members but this can only be possible if there is equitable allocation of the necessary information and opportunity. When this is achieved the group work will be termed as successful. The following are some of the guidelines, procedures and protocol for the quarter of the academic year.

Guidelines for all members

- The group is to be made up of strictly ten people who are expected to stick to it to the end. Once it has been formed no extra member will be allowed to join it and leaving will be based on special ...

Organizational behavior is defined as “a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organization. It is the study and application of knowledge about how people act within organizations” . As such, it is a widely encompassing discipline that aims to evaluate how human resources behave within the work setting. The current discourse hereby aims to present one’s understanding of organizational behavior in a private security agency. In the evaluation, the six elements of organizational behavior would be examined in terms of the manner by which these elements challenge the effectiveness ...

Management organizational conflict management of women leaders in public sector in Kuwait

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Introduction

With my research project, I intend to identify the causes of the numerous conflicts and the various types of organizational conflict management at the ministry of education or the perspective of women leadership. It also seeks to identify the main strategies of organizational conflict management and the perception that people have on women and conflicts in the Kuwait Ministry of Education. This study will also seek to establish if the degree one has studied in college, the number of years she has worked and the work she does has an impact on her response during the study. ...

Introduction

Organizational behavior is actually a field of study, which investigates the impact that the individuals, the groups, and the structures have on the behavior within an organization for purpose of applying this type of knowledge towards improving the effectiveness of an organization. The concept of Leadership has essentially been a hot discussion topic for many millenniums. It is a current event that is directly related to the organizational behavior. The term leadership is defined in various ways. A definition that is widely accepted states that it is a characteristic which enables an individual to inspire a certain group to ...

Introduction

In running an organization, there is bound to be conflict. This is due to the fact that different individuals perceive different things and draw different conclusions from similar situations. To this end, each person tends to generate personal opinion, beliefs and interests. Such inherent differentiate approach to similar situations will cause members of the same organization to oppose issues presented by fellow workmates. The result is disagreements in the organization, which if not checked, would render the performance and the union of the organization in total disarray. Managers have the role of running a cohesive organization whose workforce needs ...

Incentive Plans

Two of the incentive plans that organizations implement are group-based pay plans and incentive compensation plans. Although individual pay incentives have shown to increase productivity, very few employees are covered by an individual incentive plan such as a commission plan or a piece rate plan (Zenger & Marshall, 1995). As such, companies implement merit increases that are based on various performance categories. In the same regard, this has led to an increase in the implementation of group-based incentive plans where group performance is rewarded instead of individual performance. This type of incentive plan is employed by most organizations as tasks ...

Introduction

Organizational behavior is an area of learning which looks at the effects that people,”structures have on behavior in an organization” (Robbins, 17). This study is aimed at using the insights acquired to improve the performance of an institution together with helping it to achieve its goals. My comment on this issue brought up in the first video is that Zappo’s action to bribe its employees to quit their job was not right. What could have been done was to offer more training to the workers and just let them know what was expected of them. It is ...

The issues pertaining to the study of organizational behavior may be quite a challenge to many people, but at the same time they are interesting. The reason why organization behavior has been given extreme emphasis is because individuals cannot act in the same way or manner and there must be set standards or expectations within an organization (Florida, 2009).

The following paper describes the key concepts and theoretical models for organizational behavior. It explains organizational behavior in various contexts as learned from readings, cases, personal or professional experiences. The paper starts with a description of organizational behavior and its ...

Introduction

Organizational behavior refers to the study of persons and the dynamics of groups in an organizational context, as well as the general organizational nature. Whenever there is interaction of individuals in an organization, numerous factors are brought to focus. The discipline of Organizational Studies tries to comprehend and model some of the factors here. This topic is important as it calls for the integration of efforts from individuals who have different backgrounds. Organizational behavior helps understand behaviors in an organization so as to predict behaviors of persons when something occurs. The acquired knowledge may then aid in shaping the ...

Executive Summary

Respondents have ranked Apple and Google as the two most innovative companies for the fourth straight year. Apple has held the post of top winner according to a survey since 2005 (Müller, 2011). The company has shown strong results since 2000, with an increase in revenue of more than 450% in eight years and net profit increase of more than 1700%. According to Steve Jobs, the company achieves these growth armed with the strongest product line, talented employees, and best customers in the industry. Apple leverages a combination of top-down and bottom-up innovations strategy to create innovations. Apple has built an innovative factory, one that harnesses outstanding innovations from its people, stimulating enterprising new ideas, and launching successful and profitable ideas continuously. Additionally, the company leverages its diverse pool of employees, suppliers, customers, partners, proven innovation process, and a winning culture that does not accept the second position, thereby seizing new opportunities in the global market place and achieve exponential business growth. This paper attempts to study the organizational behavior at Apple and by focusing on the theory of innovation and creativity.

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PART 1: Dark Leadership

Introduction Dark leadership is defined as the “systemic and sustained behavior by an organizational leader that violates the organizational interests by denting and /or sabotaging the organizations tasks, resources, goals and effectiveness and/or the motivation , wellbeing or job satisfaction” (Sankar,2003, p.112). In recent years, organizational leaders have gained much recognition as agents of entrepreneurship and change. As much as many tend to focus on the positive elements associated with leaders certain liabilities or risks are also entailed (Herbst, 2014). These very behaviors have the power to produce problematic or devastating outcomes for their organizations. This usually takes place ...

The airline sector has in the past contributed greatly to the economic growth of countries due to increasing demand for travel services both in developed and developing countries. The reason behind the increasing demand for flying is because it is one of the greatest achievements on this earth. This paper evaluates Southwest Airlines in terms of its mission, strategic leadership, corporate culture, systems and organizational structure because the overall organizational behavior comprises of these identifiable components. Understanding the long-term and short-term effectiveness of strategies as well as their impacts on political, psychological, fiscal and environmental arenas on behavior is ...

Task

Management has been described as a process that involves the responsibility for an economical and effective planning and regulation of all the activities of an enterprise with a goal of fulfilling a given purpose. Its also defines as a dynamic process that consists of a number of elements and activities that are different from the operative functions such as finance, marketing etc. Different scholars have come up with different functions of management but our discussion will majorly rely on the work of Koontz and O’ Donnel who described the functions of management as Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing and Controlling ( ...

Analysis of the Organizational Behavior of Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Analysis of the Organizational Behavior of Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Introduction

Cox Enterprises, Inc. remains a family-owned four-division business for nearly 120 years. In the 21st century, Cox is a facilities-based provider of video, voice, and data solutions for its commercial customers while exhibiting strong ethical organizational behavior. Cox Media is a full-service provider of national and local cable spot and new media advertising. Cox's global locations include locations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom (Bloomberg, 2013). This academic exploration ...

The group had specific, achievable and realistic purpose. This doubled as their objective. The purpose of the study was two-fold; primary purpose and secondary purpose. The primary objective of the study was to determine the relationship which exists between group performance and group goal setting in an exercise setting. On the other hand, the secondary or the ancillary purpose was to determine if cohesion, physical activity, and self efficacy level influence the degree of group performance/ group goal relationship. In particular, the group was highly interested in establishing the effect of the degree of group goal on settings, tasks, ...

Organization Behavior

Organization Behavior

Introduction

The different organizations in which individuals work influence their thoughts, actions, and feelings in the workplace and even out of it. On the same note, individual’s thoughts, actions, and feelings also have a direct influence on the organizations in which they work. In a very dynamic and competitive business world, organizations must remain steadfast and concerned about the understanding of organizational behavior and culture (Greenberg, 2010). It is through this understanding that organizations will communicate, grow, and learn the different cultures, behaviors, and diversity factors that constitute the organizations and its environment. An organization is a ...

How it is produced, maintained and challenged by particular people in a hospital.

An Annotated Bibliography

Anderson, Cameron & Brown, Courtney E. (2010). The functions and dysfunctions of hierarchy. Research in Organizational Behavior. Retrieved from www.ScienceDirect.com with doi: 10.1016/j.riob.2010.08.002. (Published online but not yet in print)

This paper used a literature review methodology to address the hierarchy in power of many organizations with respect to functionalist organization. It offers a better understanding of five variables that determine the effectiveness of moderation on the strength of hierarchal-powerful obstacles: (a) the type of a group’s work, (b) if the choice of group leader is appropriate, (c) how a leader’s psychology changes with the ...

Human behaviour in organizations integrated

This write up adopts a critical analysis of the theoretical frameworks and models of organizational behavior in different organizations. The paper adopts a critical evaluation of various situations in the organization of companies and a personal experience in basketball. The paper views the case studies of the various companies with a critical approach intended to proffer the points on organizational behavior as per the lectures.

Theoretical models and overview of Organizational behavior

The definition of power and relations in a company or organization has received much acclaim from various scholars and writers of the time. Yang (2001) defines power as a person’s potential to have ...

Management

Introduction Organizational behavior is an academic discipline that is concerned with describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling human behavior in an organizational set-up . The current paper analyses the organizational behavior of my previous organization. Various factors such as organizational culture, mode of communications in the organization, the nature of authority, motivation techniques, emotional quotient areas and virtual elements are analyzed in the paper. The thesis statement for the current paper is that the organizational behavior of the analyzed organization contributes positively towards the growth of the organization.

Type of culture (Pluralism, Dualism or Salad bowl)

Organizational culture is defined as a system of shared values that guide the ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Organizational behavior affects learning teams and learning institutions. OB (Organizational behavior) is defined as a discipline focusing on people, teams, and individuals in organizations in a systematic manner. The purpose of the field is in coming up with a better way employees can interact. Several researchers on OB have come up with aspects that have resulted from the field. The aspects can be listed as knowledge sharing, leadership, organizational culture, management style, organizational structure and process, and organizational climate (Aliel et al., 2011; Jinyun et al., 2010; Olsen et al., 2010; & Pudruc & Radic, 2011). In this literature review, the ...

Organization Culture

Organization Culture Organizational Behavior is the study that dwells on how humans behave in organizational settings. Organizational behavior may also mean how people react to various situations in an organization. One of the topics learnt in organizational behavior is organization culture. This paper examines, evaluates and analyzes organization culture as the main idea that many companies look into to ensure they achieve their organizational goals. Culture in an organization includes shared meaning, sense making and understanding within an organization. Culture collectively entails the dominant perspectives, values visions, standards and varied models of behavior that an organization as set. The ...

- Resume.

PROFILE

- Fluent in English - Technically proficient in Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint, HTML and Programming. - Award winning student with entrepreneurial and professional skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

- Negotiation, Strategic planning, Counseling and In- Service Training.

CAREER GOAL

I intend to become a professional in the field of psychology and its related fields and utilize my analytical capabilities to develop leadership and social skills while maintaining a high performance scorecard.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

- Highly skilled in counseling and psychology. - Self-driven, self-motivated, innovative, flexible, versatile and result oriented. - An experienced professional who is articulate, dynamic, performance driven and consistent in service delivery. - ...

Evidence-Based Management in Decision Making Process

The title chosen for my final paper is application of evidence-based management in decision-making process. The topic falls under Part 3 and covers chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 of the course textbook Modern Management: Concepts and Skills by Certo, S. (2009

Planning is one of the key management functions that managers undertake while managing business organizations. Planning entails identifying the organizational goals and objectives, and deciding the appropriate means of achieving the desired goals and objectives. According to Hums (2011), “planning is a process of establishing organizational mission statement, goals, objectives, tactics, roles, and evaluation.” This implies that the ...

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Introduction Organizational theory is theories that are developed by various philosophers to understand and explain the role of organizational structure and management in an organization. It helps to study the organization and management that provides help to the managers to understand the organizational and management behavior of the organization. Organizational theory mainly depends on three perspectives. These three perspectives are modernist perspective, symbolic interpretive perspective and post-modern theory. These perspectives have their different approaches to explaining the organizational structure to the managers of an organization (Hall and Quinn, 1983). The modernist theories depend on the objectives of focusing on ...

Organizations are groups of people who work closely together with an aim to attain some purpose i.e. they have a collective sense of purpose. Behavior, on the other hand, is the response of a person or people to an action, environment, an individual or a specific event. Organizational behavior is the study of how staff members of the organization think, respond, act and feel within the confines of the organization (Stone & Marsden, 2001). Workplace practices influence prospective of human capital. Human capital entails workers skills; knowledge and other abilities that provide competitive advantage by helping uncover opportunities and reduce ...

Introduction to the organization

The organization that I have chosen for the purposes of the final project is the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). MUSC is the only comprehensive academic health science center in South Carolina (MUSC). The mission statement of MUSC is concerned with preservation and optimization of human life in South Carolina and beyond it. The main activities, conducted by the Medical University of South Carolina, include education of healthcare professionals and biomedical scientists; research in healthcare sphere, as well as provision of comprehensive healthcare services (MUSC). Principles that are used by the University to govern its activities include commitment ...

1- What is the title of your dissertation?

Changing the Resistance to Change in Organizations through Leadership 2- Which two or three key terms best capture the major topic area you intend to investigate. Do not use, simply on their own, "leadership", "innovation", or "change" since we know one or more of these will be pertinent?

Organizational change; innovation and learning; leading through change;

3- Which sources of information (books, journal papers, websites, etc.) would you classify as essential for inclusion in your review of the available research literature? List no more than three sources you consider seminal? The review of the available research literature should include academic sources (books and journal papers), but also ...

Exam

Introduction Technical expertise among workers is essential for any project success. However, effort and cohesion is more critical towards the realization of a common goal (Gibson, 2009). This report is going to analyze the actions, attitudes and behaviors of the FIS team. Analysis will be based on the structure of the team, their characteristics, communication and will identify what might have led to the bad company reputation. The report will also give recommendations according to organization behavior aspects that enhance a good team performance.

It is evident that FIS Consulting services LTD comprises of top experienced professionals. The company ...

Personal characteristics and behaviors

Personal characteristics and behaviors

Introduction

Organizational behavior is the general reaction of the people towards the changes taking place within the workplace the characteristics of an organization behavior is influence by the current state of the workplace and the different qualities of the employees. These characteristics are determined by the entire workforce, culture and other individuals’ variables. This includes the existing relationship between the workers satisfaction and the managerial style of the organization.

I see myself as someone with the following values: respectfulness, honesty, and truthfulness. I strive to use these all of the time because they are important. Without ...

Behind the class, distinction and style that Ares Distribution stands for, there are its people, supporting the company’s increasing sales and developing its marketing programs. The company’s sales, marketing and retailing performances are visible today through an unprecedented increase in demand in Latin America, USA and Caribbean, where it activates (Ares Distributors official website). This is the result of a successful team work, which enjoys a good organizational climate, built on respect, cooperation, trusting each other, sharing and embracing differences, valuing the cultural diversity. At Ares Distributors the workforce is diverse, and the company is benefiting of ...

Introduction

The study of organizational behavior is both interesting and challenging. According to Dr.Hawa Sigh (2010), “organizational behavior addresses broadly interaction of people within all types of organizations such as business, government, university and service organizations”.(6) Ray French et al (2010) claim that organizations should be considered as “open systems that transform human and material resource “inputs”, received from their environment, into product “outputs” in the form of finished goods or services; the outputs are then offered to environment for consumption” (16). Furthermore, organizations can be viewed with respect to them consisting of separate individuals and teams and as ...

Psychological contract’: An Introduction

In 1960 Argyris gave the concept of the ‘psychological contract’. However, this concept got remarkable popularity amongst various researchers relating to organizational management. During the 1990’s the global economy witnessed an economic recession that caused major restructuring, mergers and acquisition in various organizations. Such changes also led to a new approach towards the organizations, employers and the workers. The concept of the psychological contract assisted in explaining these changes and, the renewed focus amongst employees and employers (Van den Brande, 1999).

The early definitions of psychological contract created expectations from the both the individual and the organizations. In ...

Organizations function as an independent entity in the business environment. The action, behavior and culture of an organization is shaped and governed by its employee’s managers and stake holders. In each organization there are certain vital components that influences the way it behaves and function. The book Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge examines some of these vital components and presents research to highlight their importance. The role of a manager is to identify these components and incorporate them in daily processes to improve efficiency productivity and effectiveness. In this paper I discuss some of these vital components ...

Results for the Relationship between the Principals Demographic Factors (Age, Gender and Years of Working Experience) and the Students Academic Experience Again, there is very little in the way of significant results between a principal's age, gender, or years of working experience, and the overall academic experience that students have on campus. There are several reasons why this is probably true. Again, an additional metric that would be worth exploring with further research would be a principal's tenure on the specific campus in question, as a principal who has been on seven campuses in fourteen years, including just a ...

1. In present scenario majority of the organizations are struggling with economic downturn and its impact is visible on their balance sheets. Companies are focusing on cutting their cost and maximizing revenue. Companies are focusing on reducing their manpower and keeping very limited workforce. In such condition it is very important to utilize the manpower very effectively. Now the biggest challenge that companies are facing is how to effectively manage employees. Organizational behavior is a combined form of psychological, social psychology, sociology and anthropological behavior sciences. Different behavior sciences deal with different factors which impact the overall performance of ...

Introduction

Arguably, when people in an organization interact, many factors come up. Individuals have to study group and individual dynamics, as well as organizational nature. Study of organizational behavior is gaining fame, because people from diverse cultures need to work together efficiently and effectively. In organizational behavior, there are numerous psychological terms that are mostly used interchangeably, this include self-concept and self esteem as well as self-efficiency and self-fulfilling; hence it is crucial to elaborate on its similarities and differences in meaning.

Compare and contrast for Self-concept and self-esteem

Self-concept is having knowledge about oneself. In most cases, people tend to know how other people think, their ...

Question One

People are the most important asset in any organization. This is because an organization depends on its human resource to initiate and execute all its policies and projects. In order to realize the organizational learning perspective, it is people who are instrumental. It is the human resource of an organization that acquires and shares valuable knowledge. Without people, organization cannot survive. People are the primary source of knowledge in any organization. They ensure that there is flow and stock of knowledge within the organization. Moreover, it is people who put this essential resource to use by creating policies basing ...

Executive Summary

The contemporary business environment is characterized by globalization. This makes it imperative for the companies to understand and adapt to the local cultures through their internationalization strategy. This paper builds on the theoretic implication of Hofstede cultural dimensions to shape the understanding of the importance of cultural adaptation in the internationalization of operation. The relationship between company strategy and culture is the focus on which this report considers the problems that businesses might have to deal whilst working across many cultures. The report will use Virgin Atlantic Airways to illustrate the challenges that firms might face while operating in ...

Communication Techniques

Abstract In a society, it is very important for people to communicate in order to have a peaceful co-existence. This is also the same for an organization. The organization behaviour is essential because it guides and improves the behaviours and the attitudes of the people in the organization. This is why the organization theory was formulated. The organization theory has enabled people to form a hierarchy in, which communication occurs from the manager to the normal workers. Feedback was formulated in order for the workers to be able to communicate and provide imputes on important decisions made by the ...

Introduction

Managers can use an action plan as a mechanism of resolving both organizational and interpersonal challenges. This is mostly done by studying the behavior of how people interact with each other in the working environment, and the impact of such behavior on the organizational performance. Organizational behavior takes a close look at the human resource in order to understand what causes a given behavior. Organizational behavior also investigates on employee emotional aspects like; what can motivate employees to perform well and what causes their work to weaken. Mostly, what influences the state of an employee’s performance includes; teamwork, ...

Motivation Case Overview

My chosen profession was largely directed by the profession of my father who is a school headmaster in China. So this was a dominant factor that shaped my being of a teacher. Being a good student, it was infused in me that I will be able to become a good teacher. However, the case is not always the same. During my teaching career, I suffered from a series of events that was associated with my motivational aspects. Self-efficacy, self-determination and the prevalent family and societal culture are some of the factors that I suffered from and are also the ...

Introduction

Effective and efficient decision-making in service delivery can be compromised by non-involvement of key personnel or over-involvement of lower-echelon employees, which leads to a slowed-down process. The problem is how to determine the trade-offs to make in this situation as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional, top-down approach versus the horizontal approach. This question is especially important today because, in the recent past, decision-makers in the public and private sectors have made a high number of poor decisions. An example of this is the securitization of subprime mortgage loans or using credit default swaps to hedge ...

Organizational behavior

Functions of formal and informal groups in organizations Introduction In order for every company or corporation to achieve its set goals and objectives, one of the most essential things that each of these perspective corporations should consider include the organization of the employees, especially, in achieving the corporation’s set goals, mission and objectives. This is achieved through an effective social and corporate relations, that enhance cooperation and working together and as a team, in order to achieve the corporation’s goals. With regard to the same, organizations are, consequently, organized into formal and informal groups (Slocum, 2010). In ...

Examining a Business Failure

Introduction

Enron was a multibillion energy corporation that suffered a catastrophic collapse due to a financial scandal. The scandal involved the company’s top leadership, and the company’s external auditors and accountants. The accounting firm in this case was Arthur Andersen. The Enron scandal involved fraudulent procedures and practices in the accounting section. These illegal practices took place in the 1990s and overlapped into the next decade. Some of the fraudulent activities included the manipulation of the company’s stock prices. This resulted in the company’s decision to file for bankruptcy at the end of 2001.There are ...

The impact of developments in ICTs on organizational behavior

The developments in ICTs have been the cause of the changing face of organizations in ways that would not be predictable a few years ago. No longer is there need for employees to work in city centers, alongside their coworkers. Information required for work can easily and quickly be conveyed across any distance. Consequently, new forms of organization have been created. Information communication technologies can be used to device working methods which consolidate or take the place of tasks that were previously carried out by individuals, and they can be utilized in monitoring the remaining workers’ productivity.

The development ...

Investing and participating in business activities is one of the areas receiving much attention from individuals and organizations in equal measures. It is no wonder that institutions teaching business courses have really increased, and the courses are being taught at different levels. With such an understanding, it is important that an individual assesses the course outline at the desired institution of study so as to ensure that the course taken is relevant to contemporary business setting. This can be done in line with the Kant’ theory which analyses practical matters from theoretical issues (Lancs, 1). Kant’s theory does ...

Description of the issue

The provision of quality healthcare is an integral part in the management of all progressive societies. Unlike in the ancient days when most societies were largely dominated by solitary cultures, the modern societies are extensively multicultural. Hosting significant populations of all nationalities in the world, the US is a classic melting point of nearly all cultures in the world. The intermarriages between these cultures have only served to create a complex multicultural society. The uniqueness of each culture in such a society presents challenges to governments and non-governmental agencies in the provision of services such as healthcare and education. ...

Differences among Theories

The sociotechnical systems theory believes that organizations are efficient when employees have the proper tools and resources to create goods and services that are valued by the customers. This theory states that if employees have proper tools then the organization will be more effective in the long run. Overall, sociotechnical systems theory sets to redesign jobs in order to optimize operation within an organization (Bateman & Snell, 2013, p. 35). Quantitative management uses mathematical models of the problems within an organization in order to help managers make decisions. These include statistics and network modeling. Organizations use these models to help ...

The Odyssey is an educative movie with lessons on the organizational behavior. The movie was released in 1997 and the director was Andrei Konchalovsky (YouTube, 1997). The movie analyses the life of Odysseus who was the king of Greek Kingdom of Ithaca. After leading his people successfully to win in the Trojan War, he finds it challenging to go back to Greece (Ithaca) as there were massive challenges on the way. As the movie runs, there are two organizational behavior topics that are evident. The topics are leadership and communication. The flow of activities throughout the movie is proper ...