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Human Life

Week One
Organizational Structure

• Summarize the impact of structure on an organization.
• Compare and contrast management and leadership.
• Explain how organizational behavior (OB) theories shape management purpose, positions, and essential skills.

Course Assignments

Individual Assignment: Examining a Business Failure Paper

• Resource: Internet
• Research a failure that occurred at a large organization such as Tyco International Ltd.®, Chrysler LLC®, Daewoo Motor America®, WorldCom, or Enron.
• Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words, describing how specific organizational behavior theories could have predicted or explained the company’s failure.
• Compare and contrast contributions of leadership, management, and organizational structures to the failure.
• Format your paper according to APA standards.

Contributing Disciplines

Psychology – science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals.

Social Psychology – focuses on peoples’ influence on one another: attitudes, communication patterns, and building trust.

Sociology – how people relate to their social environment or culture.

Anthropology – studying societies to understand and learn about humans and their activities.

Organizational Behavior Theories

Improving Ethical Behavior – avoid cutting corners, breaking rules, and engaging in other forms of questionable practices.

Productivity – a concern for both effectiveness and efficiency to achieve goals.

Absenteeism – failure to report to work which can result in a huge cost and disruption for employers.

Turnover – voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization. Turnover rates will increase recruiting, selection and training costs.

Deviant Workplace Behavior – also known as antisocial behavior or workplace incivility relates to behavior that violates significant company norms or policies than...