Summary Organizational Behaviour
Fleur Bongers - Exam 20 Nov 2023
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,Table of Contents
Summary Organizational Behaviour Fleur Bongers - Exam 20 Nov 2023.............................1
Chapter 1...........................................................................................................................4
Key underlining principles of Organizational Behaviour................................................................4
Chapter 2...........................................................................................................................5
Fayol’s five functions in management:..........................................................................................6
Bureaucratic techniques and Fayol’s five principles of management (1949) in large-scale
organizations................................................................................................................................6
Max Webers thoughts on Bureaucracy and its increase in power.................................................7
Fayol’s five functions of management (1949) and the gig economy:.............................................8
Chapter 3...........................................................................................................................9
Frederick W. Taylor: efficiency and control...................................................................................9
Four principles of scientific management (Taylor, 1911).............................................................10
Control through Taylorism..........................................................................................................10
Marx alienation..........................................................................................................................10
Chapter 4.........................................................................................................................12
Rationalization in the Third Industrial Revolution.......................................................................12
Chapter 5.........................................................................................................................13
Hawthorne studies by Mayo.......................................................................................................13
Chapter 7.........................................................................................................................16
Chapter 8.........................................................................................................................18
Nomothetic approaches to personality.......................................................................................18
Chapter 9.........................................................................................................................21
Motivation..................................................................................................................................21
Intrinsic Motivation....................................................................................................................22
Extrinsic Motivation....................................................................................................................22
Herzberg's Job Enrichment Theory Intrinsic - SEER.....................................................................23
Adams—Equity Theory...............................................................................................................23
Vroom—Expectancy Theory........................................................................................................24
Chapter 13.......................................................................................................................25
Theories of leadership................................................................................................................25
Leadership styles........................................................................................................................26
Contingency theory:...................................................................................................................26
Chapter 14.......................................................................................................................29
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,Chapter 17.......................................................................................................................29
Ethical framework.......................................................................................................................30
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, Chapter 1
Key underlining principles of Organizational Behaviour
In OB we are interested in how people:
are managed, motivated, and shaped by
the world around them, and how they
behave. We rely primarily on five
disciplines.
1. Sociology explores how society shapes
people. It helps us understand that no
action takes place in a social vacuum
and helps us appreciate how
individual experiences are part of
broader society.
2. Psychology seeks to measure, explain,
and occasionally change human
behaviour. It is often considered the
science of the mind.
3. Social psychology bridges sociology
and psychology, and tries to
understand the impact the group has
on the outlook of the individual.
4. Anthropology examines rites and
rituals that shape how groups and
cultures work.
5. Political science, as applied to
organizational behaviour, examines
the role of power within
organizations.
interdisciplinary nature of study
OB is a applied discipline (in that it is
interested in what goes on in real
organizations).
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Fleur Bongers - Exam 20 Nov 2023
1
,Table of Contents
Summary Organizational Behaviour Fleur Bongers - Exam 20 Nov 2023.............................1
Chapter 1...........................................................................................................................4
Key underlining principles of Organizational Behaviour................................................................4
Chapter 2...........................................................................................................................5
Fayol’s five functions in management:..........................................................................................6
Bureaucratic techniques and Fayol’s five principles of management (1949) in large-scale
organizations................................................................................................................................6
Max Webers thoughts on Bureaucracy and its increase in power.................................................7
Fayol’s five functions of management (1949) and the gig economy:.............................................8
Chapter 3...........................................................................................................................9
Frederick W. Taylor: efficiency and control...................................................................................9
Four principles of scientific management (Taylor, 1911).............................................................10
Control through Taylorism..........................................................................................................10
Marx alienation..........................................................................................................................10
Chapter 4.........................................................................................................................12
Rationalization in the Third Industrial Revolution.......................................................................12
Chapter 5.........................................................................................................................13
Hawthorne studies by Mayo.......................................................................................................13
Chapter 7.........................................................................................................................16
Chapter 8.........................................................................................................................18
Nomothetic approaches to personality.......................................................................................18
Chapter 9.........................................................................................................................21
Motivation..................................................................................................................................21
Intrinsic Motivation....................................................................................................................22
Extrinsic Motivation....................................................................................................................22
Herzberg's Job Enrichment Theory Intrinsic - SEER.....................................................................23
Adams—Equity Theory...............................................................................................................23
Vroom—Expectancy Theory........................................................................................................24
Chapter 13.......................................................................................................................25
Theories of leadership................................................................................................................25
Leadership styles........................................................................................................................26
Contingency theory:...................................................................................................................26
Chapter 14.......................................................................................................................29
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,Chapter 17.......................................................................................................................29
Ethical framework.......................................................................................................................30
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, Chapter 1
Key underlining principles of Organizational Behaviour
In OB we are interested in how people:
are managed, motivated, and shaped by
the world around them, and how they
behave. We rely primarily on five
disciplines.
1. Sociology explores how society shapes
people. It helps us understand that no
action takes place in a social vacuum
and helps us appreciate how
individual experiences are part of
broader society.
2. Psychology seeks to measure, explain,
and occasionally change human
behaviour. It is often considered the
science of the mind.
3. Social psychology bridges sociology
and psychology, and tries to
understand the impact the group has
on the outlook of the individual.
4. Anthropology examines rites and
rituals that shape how groups and
cultures work.
5. Political science, as applied to
organizational behaviour, examines
the role of power within
organizations.
interdisciplinary nature of study
OB is a applied discipline (in that it is
interested in what goes on in real
organizations).
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