BU 288 Organizational Behaviour I 2025 upcoming September Midterm 1 Review Wilfrid Laurier University
Midterm 1 Review Tuesday, September 27
3:48 PM
Lecture 1 (Intro to OB): What is an Organization? • Social inventions for achieving a common goal through group effort • A 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 What is OB? • Attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups in organizations • Study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within organizations, so that we can apply this knowledge to improve an organizations effectiveness Goals of OB • Predicting organizational behaviour and events • Explaining organizational behaviour and events in organizations • Managing organizational behaviour. Management-art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others What do Managers do? • Informational Roles ○ Monitor ○ Disseminator ○ Spokesperson • Interpersonal Roles ○ Figurehead ○ Leader ○ Liaison • Decisional Roles ○ Entrepreneur ○ Disturbance Handler ○ Resource Allocator ○ Negotiator Trends Managers are Facing Today 1. Diversity Management