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OB - Ch.1
Organizational Behavior - What Is Organizational Behavior?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Management Activities | Make decisions, Allocate resources, Direct activities of others to attain goals |
| Management Functions | planning, organizing, leading, controlling |
| three groups of Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles | Interpersonal, Informational, Decisional |
| Interpersonal Roles of Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles | Figurehead, Leader, Liaison |
| Information Roles of Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles | Monitor, Disseminator, Spokesperson |
| Decisional Roles of Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles | Entrepreneur, Disturbance handler, Resource allocator, Negotiator |
| Essential Management Skills | Technical Skills, Human Skills, Conceptual Skills(mental ability ) |
| Four types of managerial activity (of Luthans’ Study) | Traditional management, Communication, Human resource management, Networking |
| What types of managerial activity (of Luthans’ Study) "successful"/"Effective" managers need most? | Networking(48%)+Communication(28%)/Communication(44%)+Human resource management(26%) |
| What's OCB? Explanation? | Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Discretionary behavior that is not part of an employee's formal job requirements but that nevertheless promotes the effective function of the organiztion |
| What's OB? Explanation? | A field of study that investigates the impact that individual, groups and structure have on behavior within organiztions, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization's effectiveness |