👥Organizational Behavior Review

Organizational Behavior covers 19 units, from Management & Organizational Behavior to Entrepreneurship. Review each unit with study guides, practice questions, and key terms.

Unit 1 – Management & Organizational Behavior →

1.1

The Nature of Work

1.2

The Changing Workplace

1.3

The Nature of Management

1.4

A Model of Organizational Behavior and Management

Unit 2 – Individual and Cultural Differences →

2.1

Individual and Cultural Factors in Employee Performance

2.2

Employee Abilities and Skills

2.3

Personality: An Introduction

2.4

Personality and Work Behavior

2.5

Personality and Organization: A Basic Conflict?

2.6

Personal Values and Ethics

2.7

Cultural Differences

Unit 3 – Perception and Job Attitudes →

3.1

The Perceptual Process

3.2

Barriers to Accurate Social Perception

3.3

Attributions: Interpreting the Causes of Behavior

3.4

Attitudes and Behavior

3.5

Work-Related Attitudes

Unit 4 – Learning and Reinforcement →

4.1

Basic Models of Learning

4.2

Reinforcement and Behavioral Change

4.3

Behavior Modification in Organizations

4.4

Behavioral Self-Management

Unit 5 – Diversity in Organizations →

5.1

An Introduction to Workplace Diversity

5.2

Diversity and the Workforce

5.3

Diversity and Its Impact on Companies

5.4

Challenges of Diversity

5.5

Key Diversity Theories

5.6

Benefits and Challenges of Workplace Diversity

5.7

Recommendations for Managing Diversity

Unit 6 – Perception in Managerial Decision Making →

6.1

Overview of Managerial Decision-Making

6.2

How the Brain Processes Information to Make Decisions: Reflective and Reactive Systems

6.3

Programmed and Nonprogrammed Decisions

6.4

Barriers to Effective Decision-Making

6.5

Improving the Quality of Decision-Making

6.6

Group Decision-Making

Unit 7 – Work Motivation for Performance →

7.1

Motivation: Direction and Intensity

7.2

Content Theories of Motivation

7.3

Process Theories of Motivation

7.4

Recent Research on Motivation Theories

Unit 8 – Performance Appraisal and Rewards →

8.1

Performance Appraisal Systems

8.2

Techniques of Performance Appraisal

8.3

Feedback

8.4

Reward Systems in Organizations

8.5

Individual and Group Incentive Plans

Unit 9 – Group and Intergroup Relations →

9.1

Work Groups: Basic Considerations

9.2

Work Group Structure

9.3

Managing Effective Work Groups

9.4

Intergroup Behavior and Performance

Unit 10 – Managing Effective Work Teams →

10.1

Teamwork in the Workplace

10.2

Team Development Over Time

10.3

Things to Consider When Managing Teams

10.4

Opportunities and Challenges to Team Building

10.5

Team Diversity

10.6

Multicultural Teams

Unit 11 – Communication →

11.1

The Process of Managerial Communication

11.2

Types of Communications in Organizations

11.3

Factors Affecting Communications and the Roles of Managers

11.4

Managerial Communication and Corporate Reputation

11.5

The Major Channels of Management Communication Are Talking, Listening, Reading, and Writing

Unit 12 – Leadership →

12.1

The Nature of Leadership

12.2

The Leadership Process

12.3

Leader Emergence

12.4

The Trait Approach to Leadership

12.5

Behavioral Approaches to Leadership

12.6

Situational (Contingency) Approaches to Leadership

12.7

Substitutes for and Neutralizers of Leadership

12.8

Transformational, Visionary, and Charismatic Leadership

12.9

Leadership Needs in the 21st Century

Unit 13 – Organizational Power and Politics →

13.1

Power in Interpersonal Relations

13.2

Uses of Power

13.3

Political Behavior in Organizations

13.4

Limiting the Influence of Political Behavior

Unit 14 – Conflict and Negotiations →

14.1

Conflict in Organizations: Basic Considerations

14.2

Causes of Conflict in Organizations

14.3

Resolving Conflict in Organizations

14.4

Negotiation Behavior

Unit 15 – Organizational Environments & Culture →

15.1

The Organization's External Environment

15.2

External Environments and Industries

15.3

Organizational Designs and Structures

15.4

The Internal Organization and External Environments

15.5

Corporate Cultures

15.6

Organizing for Change in the 21st Century

Unit 16 – Organizational Structure & Change →

16.1

Organizational Structures and Design

16.2

Organizational Change

16.3

Managing Change

Unit 17 – Human Resource Management →

17.1

An Introduction to Human Resource Management

17.2

Human Resource Management and Compliance

17.3

Performance Management

17.4

Influencing Employee Performance and Motivation

17.5

Building an Organization for the Future

17.6

Talent Development and Succession Planning

Unit 18 – Stress and Well Being →

18.1

Problems of Work Adjustment

18.2

Organizational Influences on Stress

18.3

Buffering Effects of Work related Stress

18.4

Coping with Work related Stress

Unit 19 – Entrepreneurship →

19.1

Overview of Entrepreneurship

19.2

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

19.3

Business Model Canvas

19.4

New Venture Financing

19.5

Design Thinking

19.6

Optimal Support for Entrepreneurship

making it Fiveable...