organizational behaviour 1 472.12 winter 2009 bruce duggan providence college
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Organizational Behaviour
1472.12
Winter 2009Bruce Duggan
Providence College
What to expect
reputation syllabus stuff
• http://businessadministration.prov.ca/
workload
4 Questions
1. What is OB?
2. Didn’t we do this already?
3. Why study it?
4. What could a Christian perspective be?
1. What is OB?
workplace
structure
group
individual
actions outcomes
1. What is OB?
structure productivity employee development & training global competition & cooperation
1. What is OB?
structure
group leadership teams diversity
1. What is OB?
structure
group
individual satisfaction empowerment ethics
ethics
1. What is OB?
contributing disciplines Psychology Sociology Social Psychology Anthropology Political Science
1. What is OB?
2. Didn’t we do this already?
• in Intro Management
what’s different? detail examples practice fun
• OK, maybe I have a strange idea of fun…
3. Why study OB?
4 reasonsa. It’s interesting.
b. You’ll need it.
c. Sometimes it’s insightful.
d. It can help you do a better job.• What was your worst job?
• What made it lousy? People or…? Controllable or…?
4. A Christian Perspective?
Acts 2 Thessalonians
4. A Christian Perspective?
Paul Acts 18
• Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.
4. A Christian Perspective?
Paul Acts 18 2 Thessalonians 3
• We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it….On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this…to make ourselves a model for you to follow.
4. A Christian Perspective?
Paul a Christian business-person? if he was an employer here and now:
• How would he treat his employees?
• Would he ever fire an employee? Why? How?
• Would he hire a fellow Christian ahead of a non-Christian?
4. A Christian Perspective?
Otterburne Community Church 10 years from now
• you’re on the board
• pastor expresses staffing concerns
• What do you do?
To Do
for this Thu read
• ch 1 skim
» 1 hr w highlighter note Marysville
Daycare
» pg 29
• RA 1 History of OB
for Mon read
• ch 2
study• Quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ch 1 & 2
for next Thu due
• RA 1
handout
Activities
1. Case incident
2. “Test”
3. Debate
Thu
Activities
1. “Test”
» pg 23 (both editions)
Director
Producer
Coordinator
Monitor
Mentor
Facilitator
Innovator
Broker
FLEXIBILITY
CONTROL
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
handout
Activities
1. “Test” What did you find from test? How useful for managers? Ethical implications?
Activities
2. Case incident Marysville Daycare
» pg 29 (both editions)
• you’re Marshall Rogers How would you know if the employees were happy
with their jobs? What could you have done differently? What will you do now? Why are your employees doing this?
assumptions will snare you
Activities
3. Debate what makes an organization successful?
• people 1st?
• performance 1st?» pg 22 (both editions)
6 volunteers• 2 for each side to make the case
• 1 for each side to rebut
Debate
Judging What leads to profit?
before
after
peop
le f
irst
prof
it fir
st
handout
Debate
Successful organizations put people first• Lead-off
• Rebuttal
Successful companies put profits first• Lead-off
• Rebuttal
• Judges
Debate
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
Samuel Gompers
Syllabus
for Mon
prep for quiz