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Hrob 2090 Final Detailed Questions And Expert Answers
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Organizations - ANS social inventions for accomplishing common goals through
group effort.
Organizational behaviour - ANS refers to the attitudes and behaviours of
individuals and groups in organizations
Human resources management - ANS refers to programs, practices, and systems to
acquire, develop, motivate, and retain employees in organizations
Classical viewpoint - ANS An early prescription on management that advocated a
high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision
making.
Scientific management - ANS Frederick Taylor's system for using research to
determine the optimum degree of specialization and standardization of work
tasks.
Hawthorne studies - ANS Research conducted in the 1920s and 1930s at the
Hawthorne plant of Western Electric near Chicago that illustrated how
psychological and social processes affect productivity and work adjustment.
,Human relations movement - ANS A critique of classical management and
bureaucracy that advocated management styles that were more participative and
oriented toward employee needs.
Contingency approach - ANS An approach to management that recognizes that
there is no one best way to manage, and that an appropriate management style
depends on the demands of the situation
Positive organizational behaviour (POB) - ANS The study and application of
positively oriented human resource strengths and psychological capacities that can
be measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement.
Psychological capital (PsyCap) - ANS An individual's positive psychological state of
development that is characterized by selfefficacy, optimism, hope, and resilience.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - ANS An organization taking responsibility for
the impact of its decisions and actions on its stakeholders.
Extraversion - ANS the extent to which a person is outgoing vs shy, sociable vs
withdrawn (5 factor model of personality)
Emotional Stability/Neuroticism - ANS the degree to which a person has
appropriate self control.
- Highly Neurotic: self doubt, hostile, anxious, negative
, - Highly Stable: more self control, confidence
(5 factor model of personality)
Agreeableness - ANS the extent o which some is friendly and approachable.
(5 factor model of personality)
Conscientiousness - ANS the degree to which a person is responsible and
achievement oriented.
(5 factor model of personality)
Openness to Experience - ANS the extent to which a person thinks flexibly and is
receptive to new ideas
(5 factor model of personality)
Self Monitoring - ANS the extent to which people observe and regulate how they
appear in social settings/relationships.
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