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What is an organization and what is organizational behavior? - correct answer
Organization: A consciously coordinated social unit composed of two or more
people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common
goal or set of goals.
Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact
that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations
for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an
organization's effectiveness.
In the class, we discuss the three levels of factors that influence human
behavior at work. What are the three levels? Please give an example from
each level. - correct answer Individual Level-personality
Group Level- teams
Organizational Level- org. culture
What are the three categories of skills that managers need? Please give an
example for each of these three categories of skills for an HR manager. -
correct answer Technical- work with computers
Human- motivate employees
Conceptual- understand the reason for turnover and think of how to reduce it
Why are managers important, based on our class discussion? - correct
answer 1. Represent culture of an Organization
2. Responsible for implementing org. policies
3. Directly impacts well-being and satisfaction of employees
, What are the four management functions? Please give an example to
demonstrate each one of them. - correct answer Planning- Goal Setting
Organizing- Assign tasks
Leading- Motivating
Controlling- Performance Evaluation
Luthans discussed the difference between successful and effective managers.
What are the differences between them? How did they spend their time
differently? - correct answer They prioritizing different activities.
Successful- more time on networking
Effective- more time on communication
What are the four categories of activities that managers spend their time on,
according to Luthans? - correct answer Communication, Networking,
Traditional management, and Human resource management
What are the three benefits that networks deliver, as we discussed in class? -
correct answer 1. Private Information
2. Access to diverse skill sets
3. Power
What are the four networking strategies that we discussed in class? - correct
answer 1. Pay attention to size of network
2. Have both strong and weak ties in relationships
3. Create a lot of structural holes in network
4. Network with people who have resources