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Opportunities
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Favorable times or chances for progress
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Change
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The transformation or modification of an organization and/or its stakeholders.
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Challenge
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The call to competition,. contest or battle
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Organizational behavior
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The study of individual behavior and group dynamics in an organization. The foundation of organizational behavior is human behavior. SEE REVIEW
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Psychology
sociology
engineering
anthropology
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The science of human behavior
the science of society
the applied science of energy and matter
the science of the learned behavior of humans
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Management
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The study of overseeing activities and supervising people in organizations.
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Task
people
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An organizations mission, purpose, or goal for existing
the human resources of an organization
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Technology
structure
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Is the tools, knowledge, and or techniques used to transform inputs into outputs
is the systems of communication authority and roles and workflow
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Formal organizations
informal organizations
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Is the official legitimate, and most visible part of the system
the unofficial and less visible part of the system (the snake pit)
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Hawthorne Studies
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Studies conducted during the 1920s that discovered the existence and importance of the informal organization
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Objective knowledge
skill development
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Knowledge that results from research and scientific activities
the mastery of abilities essential to successful functioning in organizations
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Learning organizational behaviors involves...
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Mastery of basic objective knowledge -->
development of specific skills and abilities -->
application of knowledge and skills
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Medicine
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The applied science of healing or treatment of diseases to better a persons health and well being
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Organizational behavior - external perspective
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Understand behavior in terms of external events, environmental forces, and behavioral consequences
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Organizational behavior - internal perspective
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Understand behavior in terms of thoughts, feelings, past experiences and needs. Explain behavior by examining a persons history and personal value system
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