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ORG2 Nelson/ Quick
Chapters 14, 16, 18
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Management
Undergraduate 3
05/07/2012

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work
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mental or physical activity that has productive results
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(one of four work designs) Scientific management: Advantages/ Disadvantages
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Advantages- work simplification, systematic, production efficiency
Disadvantages: dull, monotonous, dehumanizing, limits creativity
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job enrichment
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increase motivation by redesign
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Jobs characteristics model: Five core job dimensions
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skill variety, task identity (job beginning to end), task significance (impact), autonomy, and feedback
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Job characteristics model:three critical psychological states
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meaningfulness of work, responsibility, knowledge of results
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Job characteristics model: outcomes
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internal work motivation, performance, satisfaction, and low absenteeism/ turnover
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Social information processing mode
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interpersonal needs of work design
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Social information processing model: 4 tenets
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•other provide cues

•others help us judge what is important

•others tell us how they see our jobs

•other’s feedback provides feedback on how we feel about our jobs
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organizational culture
Definition
set of assumptions tells new employees how to think, feel, and perceive
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ceremonies
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elaborate set of activities bond org. members together
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personal enactments
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typically modeled behaviors
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rituals
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everyday organized practices
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characteristics of a strong culture
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consensus, drives company, recognizable to outsiders
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outcomes of strong culture
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goal alignment, high motivation, and control
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functions of organizational culture
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provides sense of identity and increases commitment,
helps employees interpret organizational events,
reinforces orgs values
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three stages of socialization
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anticipation, encounter, and change/ acquisition
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Anticipation stage of employee socialization
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realism
congruence:match between individuals’ abilities and values and orgs demands and values
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assessing org culture-Triangulation
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using multiple methods to evaluate culture such as direct observation, questionnaires, or surveys
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Forces for change in an organization: External
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globalization, technological innovation, workplace diversity, and ethical lapses
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Internal Change Agents
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+familiar with organization, will make changes carefully

-may be influenced by politics, accused of favoritism, difficult to b objective
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External Change Agents
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impartial but has limited knowledge and may be viewed with suspicion
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Three types of organizational change
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incremental: small scope, improvements
strategic: lager scope, .ex restructuring
transformational: dramatically different future
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Benefits of resistance to change
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shows employees care, stops change is in wrong direction, and increases commitment
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Strategies to manage resistance to change
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Communication, participative leadership, and empathy
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Components of Lewn's change model
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unfreezing (overcoming status quo), moving (developing new), and refreezing reinforcing new)
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Organizational Development
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systematic improvement attempt to increase organizational and individual well-being and effectiveness
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OD-organizational techniques
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MBO, Quality Programs, Team Building
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OD-individual techniques
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Skills training, Leadership & Development,coaching...
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