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Chapter 1: What Is Organizational Behavior?
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ORGANIZATION?
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Learning ObjectivesAfter studying this chapter, you should be able to: Demonstrate the importance of interpersonal skills in the
workplace. Describe the manager’s functions, roles, and skills. Define organizational behavior (OB). Show the value to OB of systematic study. Identify the major behavioral science disciplines that
contribute to OB. Demonstrate why few absolutes apply to OB. Identify the challenges and opportunities managers have in
applying OB concepts. Compare the three levels of analysis in this book’s OB model.
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Demonstrate the Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace
Interpersonal skills are important because…Understanding OB helps determine manager
effectivenessLeadership and communication skills are critical as a
person progresses in his or her careerBetter interpersonal skills result in lower turnover of
quality employees and higher quality applications for recruitment
‘Good places to work’ have better financial performance 1-5
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Manager: Someone who gets things done through other people in organizations. Organization: A consciously coordinated social
unit composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals.
Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Mintzberg concluded that managers perform ten
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Functions, Roles, And Skills
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Functions, Roles, And Skills
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Describe the Manager’s Functions, Roles, And Skills
Management SkillsTechnical Skills – the ability to apply specialized
knowledge or expertise. All jobs require some specialized expertise, and many people develop their technical skills on the job.
Human Skills – the ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups.
Conceptual Skills – the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations.
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Effective Versus Successful Managerial Activities
Luthans and his associates found that all managers engage in four managerial activities: Traditional management Communication Human resource management Networking
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Define “Organizational Behavior” (OB)
Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness.
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Show the Value to OB of Systematic Study
.Systematic Study of Behavior
Behavior generally is predictable if we know how the person perceived the situation and what is important to him or her.
Evidence-Based Management (EBM) Complements systematic study. Argues for managers to make decisions based on
evidence.Intuition
Systematic study and EBM add to intuition, or those “gut feelings” about “why I do what I do” and “what makes others tick.”
If we make all decisions with intuition or gut instinct, we’re likely working with incomplete information.
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Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science that is built upon contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines: Psychology Social psychology Sociology Anthropology 1-12
LO 5 Identify the Major Behavioral Science Disciplines That Contribute to OB
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LO 5 Identify the Major Behavioral Science Disciplines That Contribute to OB
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Demonstrate Why Few Principles Apply to OB
There are few, if any, simple and universal principles that explain organizational behavior. Contingency variables — situational factors are
variables that moderate the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Responding to economic pressure In tough economic times, effective
management is an asset. In good times, understanding how to reward,
satisfy, and retain employees is at a premium. In bad times, issues like stress, decision
making, and coping come to the forefront.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Responding to globalization Increased foreign assignments. Working with people from different cultures. Overseeing movement of jobs to countries with
low-cost labor. Adapting to differing cultural and regulatory
norms.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Managing workforce diversity Workforce diversity – organizations are
becoming more heterogeneous in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and inclusion of other diverse groups.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Improving customer service Service employees have substantial interaction
with customers. Employee attitudes and behavior are associated
with customer satisfaction. Need a customer-responsive culture.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Improving people skills People skills are essential to managerial
effectiveness. OB provides the concepts and theories that
allow managers to predict employee behavior in given situations.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Working in networked organizations Networked organizations are becoming more
pronounced. A manager’s job is fundamentally different in
networked organizations. Challenges of motivating and leading “online”
require different techniques.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Enhancing employee well-being at work The creation of the global workforce means
work no longer sleeps. Communication technology has provided a
vehicle for working at any time or any place. Employees are working longer hours per week. The lifestyles of families have changed —
creating conflict. Balancing work and life demands now surpasses
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Creating a positive work environment Creating a positive work environment can be a
competitive advantage. Positive organizational scholarship is concerned
with how organizations develop human strength, foster vitality and resilience, and unlock potential.
This field of study focuses on employees’ strengths versus their limitations, as employees share situations in which they performed at their personal best.
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Identify the Challenges and Opportunities of OB Concepts
Improving ethical behavior Ethical dilemmas and ethical choices are
situations in which an individual is required to define right and wrong conduct.
Good ethical behavior is not so easily defined. Organizations distribute codes of ethics to guide
employees through ethical dilemmas. Managers need to create an ethically healthy
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Three Levels of Analysis in This Book’s OB Model
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Chapter 2: Diversity in Organizations
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Describe the Two Major Forms of Workforce Diversity
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Surface-Level Diversity
Deep-Level Diversity
Diversity Management
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Stereotypes and How They Function in Organizational Settings
Discrimination is to note a difference between things.Unfair discrimination assumes stereotypes about groups.
Refusal to recognize individual differences is harmful to organizations and employees.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB
Biological characteristics are personal characteristics that are objective and easily obtained from personnel records. Variations in these can be the basis for discrimination
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB
AgeThe U.S. workforce is aging. Does job performance decline with increasing age?Studies show that turnover and absenteeism rates are lower among older workers, and age is not associated with lower productivity.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB
SexThere are no consistent male-female differences in problem solving ability, analytical skills, competitive drive, motivation, sociability, or learning drive. But women earn less than men for the same positions and have fewer professional opportunities.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB
Race and Ethnicity Employees tend to favor colleagues of their own race in
performance evaluations, promotion decisions, and pay raises. African Americans and Hispanics perceive higher levels of
discrimination in the workplace. African Americans generally fare worse than Whites in employment
decisions.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB
Disability The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission classifies a
person as disabled who has any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
Workers with disabilities receive higher performance evaluations, but may have lower performance expectations.
Biases against those with mental impairment may be especially strong.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB Other Biological Characteristics
Tenure Tenure is a good predictor of employee
productivity. Tenure and job satisfaction are positively
related. Religion U.S. law prohibits discrimination based on
religion, but it is still an issue, especially for Muslims.
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Biographical Characteristics and How They Are Relevant to OB Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Federal law does not protect employees against discrimination based on sexual orientation, but this may soon change.
Most Fortune 500 companies have policies covering sexual orientation and about half now have policies on gender identity.
Cultural Identity Need to accommodate and respect individual cultural identities.
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Define Ability and Demonstrate Its Relevance to OB
Ability is an individual’s current capacity to perform various tasks in a job.
Two types Intellectual abilities Physical abilities
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Define Intellectual Ability and Demonstrate Its Relevance to OB
Intellectual abilities are abilities needed to perform mental activities – thinking, reasoning, and problem solving. Most societies place a high value on intelligence. General mental ability is an overall factor of intelligence as suggested
by the positive correlations among specific intellectual ability dimensions.
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Contrasting Intellectual and Physical Ability
Physical Abilities The capacity to do tasks demanding stamina, dexterity, strength,
and similar characteristics. Nine basic abilities related to strength, flexibility, and other factors
are needed to perform physical tasks.
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Contrasting Intellectual and Physical Ability
The importance of ability at work complicates the formulation of workplace policies that recognize disabilities. Recognizing that individuals have different abilities that can be taken
into account when making hiring decisions is not problematic. It is possible to make accommodations for disabilities.
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Describe How OrganizationsManage Diversity Effectively
Diversity management is the process and programs by which managers make everyone more aware of and sensitive to the needs and differences of others. Diversity is more successful when it is everyone’s business, not just
for certain groups of employees.
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Describe How OrganizationsManage Diversity Effectively
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Attracting, Selecting, Developing, and Retaining
Diverse Employees
Diversity in Groups Effective Diversity Programs
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Describe How OrganizationsManage Diversity Effectively
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