What is Organizational Behavior? Flashcards
The statistical relationship between two variables. Abbreviated r, it can be positive or negative and range from 0 (no statistical relationship) to 1 (a perfect statistical relationship).
Correlation
When people hold firmly to some belief because it “just stands to reason” – it seems obvious or self-evident.
Method of intuition
A method that combines the results of multiple scientific studies by essentially calculating a weighted average correlation across studies (with larger studies receiving more weight).
Meta-analysis
Field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations.
Organizational behavior (OB)
Written predictions that specify relationships between variables.
Hypotheses
The establishment that one variable does cause another, based on covariation, temporal precedence, and elimination of alternative explanations.
Causal inference
Incapable of being imitated or copied
Inimitable
Resources created by people, such as culture, teamwork, trust, and reputation. The source of competitive advantage is known, but the method of replicating the advantage is unclear.
Socially complex resources
When people accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.
Method of science
The belief that at best one-eighth, or 12 percent, of organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by putting people first.
Rule of One-Eighth
Field of study devoted to exploring the product choices and industry characteristics that affect an organization’s profitability.
Strategic management
People making many small decisions every day that are invisible to competitors
Numerous small decisions
A model that argues that rare and inimitable resources help firms maintain competitive advantage
Resource-based view
A collection of verbal and symbolic assertions that specify how and why variables are related, as well as the conditions in which they should (and should not) be related.
Theory
Field of study that focuses on the applications of OB theories and principles in organizations.
Human resource management