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1.
L1 - What is an organization and what are the 4 common denominators?
Answer: An organization is a \'\'system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons\'\'. Consists of: 1. Coordination of efforts 2. A common goal 3. Division of labor 4. Hierarchy of authority
2.
L1 - Define diversity and its 4 layers
Answer: Diversity represents the multitude of individual differences and similarities that exist among people. It is based on: - Personality - Internal dimensions - External dimensions - Organizational dimensions
3.
L1 - What is scientific management based on?
Answer: Creating standards established by the facts or truths gained through systematic observation, expirement or resoning to improve efficiency
4.
L1 - What is organizational behavior (OB)?
Answer: Definition: An interdisciplinary field dedicated to better understanding and managing people at work. Could better be seen as a multidisciplinary field, as it is a hedgepodge of various subjects; a collection of loosely related or even unrelated streams of scholarly and not-so-scholarly research.
5.
L1 - Describe the information/decision-making theory
Answer: A theory about the positive effects of diverse work environments, that proposes that diverse workgroups should outperform homogenous workgroups because of more informational diversity
6.
L1 - Describe the social categorization theory
Answer: A theory about the negative effects of diverse workgoups, that proposes that similarities and differences are used as a basis for categorizing self and others into groups, resulting in group dynamics with negative consequences for workgroups
7.
L1 - What is the minimal group paradigm?
Answer: The forming of in- and outgroups based on an arbitrary criterium
8.
L1 - What are fault lines?
Answer: Hypothethical dividing lines that may split a group into subgroups based on one or more attributes
9.
L1 - Define organizational culture and its layers
Answer: Set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and thaat determines how it perceives, thinks about and reacts to its various environments. It is composed of (1) observable artifcats and (2) espoused values.
10.
L1 - Define society culture
Answer: A set of beliefs and values about what is desirable and undesirable in a community of people, and a set of formal or informal practices to support the values
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