Man320f - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

social perception - Answer-process of receiving and interpreting information about another person influences on how the perceiver perceives others - Answer-How familiar they are with the person (target) being perceived or the situation has a direct impact on their perceptions. Characteristics of the person being perceived (target) also have a major influence on the interpretation made by the perceiver. Characteristics of the situation provide a context for the interpretations perceiver f...

What is Motivation? - Answer-Processes that account for your willingness to: -Exert high levels of effort -Research organizational goals -Conditioned by satisfaction of a need Two kinds of rewards - Answer-Extrinsic and Intrinsic Extrinsic rewards are - Answer--Tangible and visible to others -Given to employees contingent on performance of tasks or behaviors. Intrinsic rewards are - Answer--The natural rewards associated with performing a task or activity for its own sake Early t...

organizational behavior - Answer-Systematic study of actions/attitudes people exhibit in an organization meaning of life - Answer-money roles of managers - Answer-ensure the organization reaches goals and objectives (POLC) successful vs. effective managers - Answer-- Effective managers are great at "getting the job done"... "job"=getting goals/obj. Org done - Successful manager: going up the corporate ladder - Not mutually exclusive - Successful managers have much more ne...

Organizational Behavior - Answer-The systematic study of the actions and attitude that people exhibit within organization Goals of Organizational Behavior - Answer-Explain Predict Influence/Control Ideally looking to make people more productive in order to make more profits. Increased Satisfaction ⇒ Increased Performance ⇒ Increased Profits What do managers do? - Answer-Ensure that the organization achieves its goals and objectives Successful manager - Answer-Gets the promot...

organizational culture importance - Answer-the most important thing a company can do to be successful -cannot be copied by competitors like a product can -differentiates you Mike Porter on culture - Answer-strategy is about developing a unique position, advantage, sustainability org culture = strategy Org Culture Formal Def - Answer-set of key characteristics that an org values that sets it apart - the company's personality Large orgs culture - Answer-have both dominant culture ...

entrepreneurship - Answer-process of recognizing opportunities for new venture creation or new value creation, deciding to exploit these opportunities, and exploiting the opportunities by the way of new venture creation or new value creation for realization of some desired value entrepreneur - Answer-someone who organizes and operates a business or businesses taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so intraprenuer - Answer-someone working inside an existing organizatio...

Motivation - Answer-the psychological processes that arouse and direct goal-directed behavior Motivation is the result of - Answer-multiple personal and contextual factors personal factors of motivation - Answer-personality, ability, core self-evaluations, emotions, attitudes, needs, values, work attitudes contextual factors of motivation - Answer-organization culture cross cultural values physical reinforcement rewards & reinforcment group norrms communciation tech leader behavio...

MAN320F Exam 2 Terms, MAN 320F Exam 2 (a) Questions With Solutions 100% Correct visible artifacts visible signs of an organization's culture -ex: office design and layout, company dress code, company benefits and perks, stock options, personal parking spaces, private company dining room Three Levels of Organizational Culture 1. seen (surface level) 2. heard (expressed values & beliefs) 3. Believed (unconscious assumptions & beliefs)

What are the questions you can ask to determine if a change has been successful? - Answer-What were the effects of the change agent? Did the change happen? What were the effects on the organization? Considering the framework outlined in McGinn and Lingo article, the 3 types of power you can use to resolve tension are: - Answer-Positional, personal, relational Leading change is hard because people are: - Answer-concerned about the future uncertain/don't know what to expect concerned ...

Organizational Behavior - Answer-the study of human behavior in orgs Smart Workforce(s) - Answer-communities of action whose members tackle constantly shifting projects while sharing knowledge and skills to solve real and complex problems ---> collective, powerful brain OB is an interdisciplinary body of knowledge with strong ties to... - Answer-- sociology, anthropology, psychology - economics, political science (social science) Independent Variables - Answer-presumed causes that i...