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MBA 610

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Three basic levels of analysis in organization behavior   show
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show Interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people at work  
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show pessimistic and negative, typical of how managers traditionally perceived employees  
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Theory Y assumption   show
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show Means that the organization's culture is defined by and supports the constant attainment of tools, techniques, and training. This involves the continuous improvement of organizational processes, resulting in high-quality products and services  
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show -85-15 rule (when things go wrong, 85% of the time the system is at fault) -Elimination of fear -Emphasis on TQM -Teamwork -Helpful leadership vs. command and control  
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Management   show
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Contingency approach   show
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D1   show
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D2   show
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show Moderate-High competence, variable commitment (able but occasionally say no)  
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show High competence, High commitment (able and willing)  
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show directing: low support, high directive  
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S2   show
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show supporting: high support, low directive  
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S4   show
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show 1. Clarifies goals and objectives, 2. Encourages participation 3. Plans and organizes, 4. Technical and administrative expertise. 5. Facilitates work ,  
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Evolution of managers   show
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show 1. Dignity of human life 2. Autonomy 3. Honesty 4. Loyalty 5. Fairness 6. Humaneness 7. The common good  
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How to improve the organization's Ethical Climate   show
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show Improves Organization's Ethical Climate: employees are more likely to behave ethically when management/leadership behaves in an ethical way, sets the example, walks the talk  
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Five Sources of OB Research Insights   show
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show -Field studies: In OB, a field study probes individual or group processes in an organizational setting. Because field studies involve real-life situations, their results often have immediate and practical relevance for managers  
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Five Sources of OB Research Insights   show
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show -Sample surveys: In a sample survey, samples of people from specified populations respond to questionnaires. The researchers then draw conclusions about the relevant population  
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Five Sources of OB Research Insights   show
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Skills Exhibited by effective managers (6-11)   show
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Carroll's Global Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid   show
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show the set of shared, taken-for granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, things about, and reacts to its various environments  
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show 1. Observable artifacts 2. Espoused Values 3. Basic Assumptions  
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Observable artifacts   show
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show concepts or beliefs that pertain to desirable end states, transcend situation, guide selection of behavior and are ordered by relative importance  
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show -represent the explicitly stated values and the norms that are preferred by an organization -effective goal achievement when in alignment with employee's personal values  
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show represent the values and norms that actually are exhibited or converted into employee behavior based on observable behavior  
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show Constitute organizational values that have become so take for granted over time that they become assumptions that guide organizational behavior  
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show Based on internal focus and integration, flexibility and discretion, and stability and control (clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, market)  
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Clan   show
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show -Thrust: control -Means: capable processes, consistency, process control, measurement -Ends: efficiency, timeliness, smooth functioning  
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Adhocracy   show
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Market   show
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Outcomes associated with Organizational Culture (1-3)   show
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Outcome associated with Organizational Culture (4-5)   show
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Organizational Socialization (see slides for a model of this)   show
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show -Learning that occurs prior to joining organization -Anticipating realities about the organization and the new job, anticipating org.'s needs for one's skills and abilities, anticipating organization's sensitivity to one's needs and values  
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show -Values, attitudes, and skills start to shift as new recruit discovers what org. is truly like -Managing lifestyle vs. work concepts and intergroup role conflicts, seeking role definition and clarity, becoming familiar with task and group dynamics  
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Change and Acquisition-3- (Outsider)   show
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Socialized Insider-Behavioral Outcomes   show
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Socialized Insider- Affective Outcomes   show
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show The process of forming and maintaining developmental relationships between a mentor and a junior person  
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show -Live consciously -Be self-accepting -Take personal responsibility -Be self-assertive -Liver purposefully -Have personal integrity  
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Self Efficacy Beliefs   show
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show -on-the-job research evidence encourages managers to nurture self efficacy, both in themselves and in others -Significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and job performance  
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show the extent to which a person observes his or her own self-expressive behavior and adapts it to the demands of the situation  
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High Self Monitoring   show
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show lack ability or motivation to regulate their expressive behavior which includes being reflective on their own inner state or attitude  
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Organizational Identification   show
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show the combination of stable physical and mental characteristics that give the individual his or her identity  
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Big Five Personality Dimensions   show
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show Trusting, good-natured, cooperative, softhearted  
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Big Five Personality Dimensions: Extraversion   show
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show dependable, responsible, achievement oriented, persistent  
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Big Five Personality Dimensions: Emotional stability   show
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Big Five Personality Dimensions: Openness to experience   show
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show has the strongest positive correlation with job and training performance  
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Extraversion in job performance   show
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Internal Locus of Control   show
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External Locus of Control   show
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Ability   show
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Skill   show
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Key Abilities   show
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show depends on the right combination of effort, ability, and skill -effort is key ingredient  
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show capacity for constructive thinking, reasoning, and problem solving  
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Gardner's Multiple Intelligences   show
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Emotional Intelligence   show
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show -Accurately perceive your emotions -Understand your tendencies in situations  
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show -What happens when you act or don't -Dependent on your self awareness  
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show -Accurately perceive emotions in others -Understand what is going on with them  
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Relationship management (social competence)   show
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Human Capital   show
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show the production potential of strong, trusting, and cooperative relationships  
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Motivation   show
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Two theories of motivation   show
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Content theories of Motivation   show
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show focus on explaining the process by which internal factors and cognitions influence employee motivations -Adam's equity theory -Vroom's expectancy theory -Goal setting theory  
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Needs   show
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show physiological-->safety-->love-->esteem-->self actualization  
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Alderfer's ERG Theory   show
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McClelland's Theory   show
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show -Motivation model -Explains HOW people strive for fairness in work and life -Mo matter how fair management thinks the organization's policies, procedures, and reward system are, each employee's perception of the equity of those factors is what counts  
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show -Holds that people are motivated to behave in ways that produce desired combinations of expected outcomes  
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Factors that Influence an employee's perceptions (on Vroom's Expectancy Theory Slide)   show
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Goal   show
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Goal Setting   show
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External Forces that Create Change   show
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Internal Forces that Create Change   show
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show Low: Adaptive change: reintroduce a familiar practice Mid: Innovative change: introducing a practice new to the organization High: Radically innovative change: introducing a practice new to the industry  
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Lewin's Change Model   show
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Systems model of change   show
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show -organizational arrangements -social factors -methods -people  
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show -allowing too much complacency=resistance -insufficiently powerful guiding coalition -under estimating the power of vision -under communicating the vision  
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show -permitting obstacles -failing to create short-term wins -declaring victory too soon -neglecting to firmly anchor changes in corporate culture  
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Kotter's 8 Steps to Change (1-4)   show
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Kotter's 8 Steps to Change (5-8)   show
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show Inputs--> strategic plans--> target elements of change (0ranaization arrangements, people, methods, social factors)--> outputs  
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show -Two ways to apply: -Aid during the strategic planning process -Using the model as a diagnostic framework to determine the causes of an organizational problem and to process solutions  
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show Consists of planned efforts to help persons work and live together more effectively, over time, in their organizations  
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The OD Process (see OD process diagram slide)   show
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