Organization

Prof. Etzioni (1964) on Organizations

Organizational Behaviour

History of Organizational Behaviour (4)

Human Relations Movement

McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

Theory X (3)

Theory Y (5)

The Quality Movement & Total Quality Managment (TQM)

The Internet and Social Media Revolution
Implications for OB and leaders? (4)

E-business

Human and Social Capital

Management

Contingency approach

The Ethics Challenge

Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid

How to improve the Organization's ethical climate? (6)

Three approaches to learn about OB

Diversity

Affirmative Action (3)

Managing Diversity

Workforce Demographics

Glass ceiling

Social Categorization Theory

Information/Decision-making theory

Demographic Fault Line

Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity (11)

R Roosevelt Thomas Jr. Generic Action Options (8)

Organizational Culture

Values

Observable Artifacts

Espoused Values

Basic Assumptions

Enacted Values

PE fit

Competing Values Framework

Organizational Socialization

Three phases of the Organizatioanl Socialization

Embedding Organizational Culture through Mentoring

Four Common Denominators which enable organizations to come to life and to function.

Unity of Command Principle

Organization Chart

Tall Organization
(hierarchy and control)

Flat Organization (hierachy and control)

Span of Control

Closed System

Open System

Learning Organization

Team Mental Mode

Organizational Structure

Organizational Design

Organizational Designs
(3 Traditional) (4 Contemporary)

Traditional Design

Principles for designing a Horizontal Organization (5)

Hollow Structure and Molecular Structure

Contingency approach to organizational Design

Mechanistic Organizations

Organic organizations

Centralized decision making

Decentralized decision making

Functional Strucutre Pro's & Cons

Divisional Structure Pro's and Cons

Matrix Structure Pros and Cons

Self-Concept

Cognitions

Self-esteem

Self-efficiacy

Branden's Six Pillars of Self-Esteem

Self-Monitoring

Organizational Identification

Personality

The Big Five Personality Dimensions:

Proactive personality

Ability & Skill

Emotional Intellegence

Psychological capital

Humility

Definition of Values and Motives in Schwartz's Theory (10)

Value Conflicts (3)

Practical Research Insights about Work–Family Conflict

Attitude

The Nature of Attitudes (3)

Cognitive Dissonance

How to reduce Cognitive Dissonance?

Organizational Commitment

Employee engagement

Job Satisfaction (5 causes)

Organizational Citizenship Behaviours

Withdrawal cognitions

Counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs)

Culture

Ethnocentrism

Cultural Intelligence

High-context cultures

Low context cultures

Individualistic Culture

Collectivist Culture

Monochronic time

Polychronic time

Proxemics

Cross-Cultural Management

Expatriate

Cross-Cultural Training

Perception

Attention

Cognitive categories

Schema

Script

Implicit Cognition

Stereotypes

Micro Aggressions

Galathea Effect

Motivation

Content Theory of Motivation (what)

Process Theories of Motivation (How)

Maslow's Need Hierarchy

Aldefer's ERG Theory

Hezberg's Motivator-Hygiene Model

Adam's Equity Theory of Motivation

Negative Inequity

Positive inequity

Vroom's Expectancy Theory of Motivation

Job Design - Top Down Approaches