What is Organizational Behavior?

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What is Organizational Behavior?

• Overview of chapter one

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What Managers Do

• Managerial Activities
• Make decisions
• Allocate resources
• Direct activities of others to attain goals

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Where Managers Work
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Management Functions
ManagementFunctions
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Mintzbergs Managerial Roles
1-1a
E X H I B I T
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Mintzbergs Managerial Roles (contd)
1-1b
E X H I B I T
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Mintzbergs Managerial Roles (contd)
1-1c
E X H I B I T
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Management Skills
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Enter Organizational Behavior
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There Are Few Absolutes in OB
ContingencyVariables
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y
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Challenges and Opportunity for OB

• Responding to Globalization
• Managing Workforce Diversity
• Improving Quality and Productivity
• Responding to the Labor Shortage
• Improving Customer Service

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Challenges and Opportunity for OB (contd)

• Improving People Skills
• Empowering People
• Coping with Temporariness
• Stimulation Innovation and Change
• Helping Employees Balance Work/Life Conflicts
• Improving Ethical Behavior

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Basic OB Model, Stage I
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E X H I B I T
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The Dependent Variables
y
x
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The Dependent Variables (contd)
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The Dependent Variables (contd)
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The Dependent Variables (contd)
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The Dependent Variables (contd)
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The Independent Variables
IndependentVariables