2025 UPCOMING EXAMS TIPS BU288 Midterm #1, Midterm #2 and Final Exam notes for Organizational Behavior Wilfrid Laurier University
BU288 – Organizational Behavior Notes 1 – Introduction -
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What is an organization? o a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of a group of people, which functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals o ex: the military, the government, a business company (specific branch), church What is OB? o OB is the study of behavior of people in organizations to better help improve predictability of productivity and management, (broad idea) o OB is a science based on scientific evidence (systematic study) o few absolutes (answer in OB is always: it depends); nothing is black/white Why study OB? o to learn about yourself and others within an organizations o to understand that everyone is different and can behave differently (learn how o to maximize human potential); ex: set efficient roles
2 – Research in OB -
Organizational behavior is based on research that involves objective and systematic information gathering This separates the study of organizational behavior opinion and common sense
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Why do we care about Research and Evidence? o OB is based upon scientific research o When good scientific research is conducted, better knowledge and better recommendations