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Welcome to Darren Smith's HCC homepage for MAN1021 Management. My goal is to provide you with access to critical resources to assist you in your coursework.  Use of this website is required for your course, please familiarise yourself with it and check back frequently.

8 - Individual & Group Behaviour

Presentation Guidelines

Follow these steps for success:

  • Define words
  • Explain basic concepts
  • Give examples!
  • Allow for additional examples from instructor/other students, provide opportunity for concept synthesis and further exploration of the topic.

    • Topics to be covered in your presentation:

    I. TOWARD EXPLAINING AND PREDICTING BEHAVIOR
    A. Organizational Behavior
    B. What Is the Focus of Organizational Behavior?
    C. What Are the Goals of Organizational Behavior?
    D. The Goals of OB Are to Explain and Predict Behavior
    E. Do an Individual's Attitude and Behavior Need to Be Consistent?
    F. What Is Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
    G. How Can an Understanding of Attitudes Help Managers Be More Effective?

    II. PERSONALITY
    A. Can Personality Predict Behavior?
    B. What Is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
    C. What Is the Big-Five Model of Personality?
    D. What Is Emotional Intelligence?
    E. Can Personality Traits Predict Practical Work-Related Behaviors?
    F. How Do We Match Personalities and Jobs?
    G. How Can an Understanding of Personality Help Managers Be More Effective?
    H. Do Personality Attributes Differ across National Cultures?

    III. PERCEPTION
    A. Defined
    B. What Influences Perception?
    C. How Do Managers Judge Employees?
    D. What Is Attribution Theory?
    E. Can Attributions Be Distorted?
    F. What Shortcuts Do Managers Use in Judging Others?
    G. How Can an Understanding of Perceptions Help Managers Be More Effective?

    IV. LEARNING
    A. Defined
    B. What Is Operant Conditioning?
    C. What Is Social Learning Theory?
    D. How Can Managers Shape Behavior?
    E. How Can an Understanding of Learning Help Managers Be More Effective?

    V. FOUNDATIONS OF GROUP BEHAVIOR
    A. What Is a Group?
    B. Why Do People Join Groups?
    VI. What Are the Basic Concepts for Understanding Group Behaviors?
    A. What Are Roles?
    B. How Do Norms and Conformity Affect Group Behavior?
    C. What Is Status, and Why Is It Important?
    D. Does Group Size Affect Group Behavior?
    E. Are Cohesive Groups More Effective?
     

    Other important points:

    • You've been given a number of resources to assist you in your project... see Better Learning Page, Oral Presentations section for tips.
    • Your grade is computed from the Oral Evaluation Guide so please familiarise yourself with it.  Your grade will suffer if you don't use it and pay attention to it.
    • If you're going to read your entire presentation from the textbook, forget it.  I can read the book myself and so can the class.
    • If you're not prepared, be ready for an "F".

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