Org B 321 Midterm Flashcards

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Organizational Behavior

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The systematic study and application of knowledge about how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work.

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Field Studies

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On site surveys with the organizations

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Experimental Design

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A study having a group that receives a treatment and a comparison group that receives no treatment

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control groups

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everything stays the same with this group

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treatment groups

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receiving the test

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Lab work

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Outside the work environment

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case studies

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one company

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meta analysis

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looking for trends the process of summarizing research finding from studies on related topics

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Reliability

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the consistency of measurement (get the same results each time)

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Validity

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the degree to which a measure captures what it intends to measure (it gives a consistent result, but it’s not what we are measuring)

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Current challenges of OB

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Ethics lack of employee engagement, technology, the flattening world (as business becomes more accessible on the international level a mix of cultures and policies creates challenge) sustainability & green business practices, the aging workforce & the millennials (different values), global marketplace for outsourcing

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Challenges of diversity

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ways in which people are similar or different from each other

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Similarity

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attraction phenomenon and its resultant unfair treatment

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faultlines

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an attribute along which a group is split into subgroups females and males for instance

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Gender

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Earnings gaps glass ceiling point where qualified employees can not advance to higher level

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Sexual Orientation

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Not covered by title v|| yet

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affirmative action

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Not a program to give preferential treatment to less qualified people between two qualified candidates, it puts priority on the minority status

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Solutions for managing Diversity

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Build a culture of respect
Hold managers accountable
Affirmative action programs
Recruitment programs - recruiting from places that are more diverse. By proving their process, they protect themselves from lots of legal issues

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Hofstede Culture Framework

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Individualism/Collectivism
Power Distance
Uncertaintity Avoidance
Masculinity Feminimity

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Solutions for managing Cultural Diversity

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Cultural Intelligence person’s capability to understand a persons cultural bacground

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture

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Individual Differences

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Values and personality

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Values

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Stable life goals people have reflecting what is most important to them

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Terminal Values

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A world of beauty, an exciting life, family security, inner harmony, and self respect (All end states)

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Instrumental Values

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Broad-minded, clean, forgiving, imaginative, obedient, (Journey Process)

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Big Fiver Personality Traits

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[OCEAN]
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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Openness

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Open to new ideas

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Conscientiousness

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Being careful, or vigilant. Having a desire to do a task well, and to take obligations to others seriously. Tend to be efficient and organized as opposed to easy-going and disorderly. (#1 trait employers look for)

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Extraversion

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Gain energy from social interaction

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Agreeableness

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Willingness to conform/agree and settle issues

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Neuroticism

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Anxiety, fear, moodiness, worry, envy, frustration, jealousy, and loneliness

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Myers-Briggs

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16 personality types - introversion, extroversion, sensing, feeling, intuition, thinking, judging, perceiving

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Color Code

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Red
Blue
White
Yellow

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Self-Efficacy

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A belief that one can perform a specific task successfully

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Perception

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The process with which individuals detect and interpret environmental stimuli

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Self-enhancement bias

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When we tend to overstate our performance (men)

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Self-effacement bias

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tendency to underestimate our performance (women)

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Stereotypes

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Generalizations based on a perceived group (not always bad)

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Selective perception

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Focus on parts of the environment we care about while ignoring other parts (individual)

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Attributions

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Casual explanations

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Internal attribution

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Explaining someone’s behavior using the internal characteristics of the actor

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External attribution

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Explaining behavior by referring to the situation

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Attitudes

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Opinions, beliefs, and feels about aspects of our environment

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Job satisfaction

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The feels people have towards their job

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Organizational commitment

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Emotional attachment people have towards the company they work for

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Person job fit

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degree to which a person’s skill, knowledge, abilities and other characteristics match the job

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Psychological contract

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Unwritten understanding about what employee will bring to work and what the company will provide in exchange

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Psychological contract

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Unwritten understanding about what employee will bring to work and what the company will provide in exchange

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Pyschological contract breach

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violation of the unwritten understanding between the employee and the organization regarding expectations

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Job performance

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The degree towhich an employee successfully fulfills the factors included in the job description

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Predictors

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General mental ability reasoning verbal and numerical skills

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Organizational citizenship behavior

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Voluntary behaviors the extra mil

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Types of cultures

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Organizational cultural

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Organizational Culture

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System of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs about what is appropriate and inappropriate in a company

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Assumptions

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Taken for granted beliefs about human nature and reality

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Values

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Shared principles, standards, and goals

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Artifacts

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Visable and tangible elements of culture

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Visible elements of culture

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Mission statement rituals stories rules and policies and physical layout

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Steps to cultural change

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Create a sense of urgency
Change leaders
Role model
Train
Change reward system
Create new stories and symbols
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Clan

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Collaborate Ikea networkers trainers

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Adhocracy

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Create Apple innovator higher risk

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Market

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Compete Pimco, goal focus athlete fast mover win

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Hierachy

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Bureaucracy McDonald’s efficient consistent uniform

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Subculture

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Set of values unique to a cross section of the organization – not all cultures have a subculture in the organization

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Counter Culture

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Subculture opposed to the main culture in the organization

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Social perception

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Stereotypes, self-fulfilling prophecy, selective perception, first impression

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Internal locus of control

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The belief that a person controls their own destiny and what happens to them in their own doing

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Competing Values Framework

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clan (collaborate); IKEA; networkers, trainers; Southwest Airlines
adhocracy (create); Apple; innovator, higher risk.
market (compete); PIMCO; Wells Fargo; GE; goal focus, athlete, fast mover, win.
hierarchy (Control); McDonald’s; Federal Gov; IBM; efficient, consistent, uniform.