people do in the organization, how they perform, and what their attitudes are. Because the organizations studied are often business organizations, OB is frequently applied to address workplace issues such as absenteeism, turnover, productivity, motivation, working in groups, and job satisfaction. Managers often apply the knowledge gained from OB research to help them manage their organizations more effectively. What is organizational behavior? organizational behavior A field of study that
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s’adressent également: aux managers interviewés dans le cadre des questionnaires, pour m’avoir donné de leur temps précieux. SOMMAIRE INTRODUCTION Partie 1 - REVUE DE LITTERATURE 1-Quelques approches thématiques majeures A- Les valeurs et les dimensions culturelles B-Les valeurs masculines et féminines. 2-Quelques notions et définitions A-Les stéréotypes a- Les stéréotypes de genre b- Les stéréotypes culturels B-Autres notions utiles a- Le préjugé b- La discrimination c- Le biais
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CHAPTER 1 ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL, TECHNOLOGICAL LECTURE OUTLINE General Outline Opening Profile: India Becoming a Crucial Cog in the Machine at I.B.M. The Global Business Environment Management in Focus: A Small Company, A Global Approach Regional Trading Blocks Comparative Management in Focus: Opening Economy Revitalizes India Information Technology The Globalization of Human Capital The Global Manager’s Role The Political and Economic Environment
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Saint Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management Group project for the Organizational Behavior course “Aeroflot” MiM, cohort II, group 5 Group members: Cherenko Polina Pitubaeva Tatiana Samadov Imruz Tarasenko Vladimir Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Latukha Marina 2015 Table of Contents 1. Aeroflot’s Background 3 2. Country-specific context 7 3. Peculiarities of OB and HRM in country of a company’s origin 11 3.1. Main Characteristics 11 3.2.Trends 15 3.3
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CHAPTER 1: 1. A systematic grouping of people brought together to accomplish some specific purpose is call a(n): ______ B: Organization 2. Common characteristics that are found in every organization include the following except for: A: it has been organized by a union. 3. Titles of typical top management positions include the following EXCEPT: D: district manager 4. Organizations develop a systematic structure that defines the various roles of members. This may include the following
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international marketing Relationship with other business fields A theoretical framework for international marketing Approaches to internationalization Factors causing internationalization The process of firms’ internationalization A holistic approach The motivation for firms to go international Trade theories and economic development Absolute advantage Comparative advantage The assumptions underlying the principles of comparative advantage International trade theories Classical trade theory The factor of proportion
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Chapter 1 Ethical Reasoning: Implications for Accounting Ethics Reflection PENN STATE CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL: A CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE What motivates an otherwise ethical person to do the wrong thing when faced with an ethical dilemma? Why did Joe Paterno and administrators at Penn State University look the other way and fail to act on irrefutable evidence that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had raped and molested young boys, an offense for which Sandusky currently is serving
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FOREWORD At no time during the last three or four decades have the communication skills of individuals in the business world come under closer scrutiny than today. And never before have those who work in the business world needed better, more effective communication skills. The emerging technology appears to be increasing, rather than decreasing, the need for effective communication skills. As more individuals have ready access to desk-top equipment to process written communication, fewer
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Chapter 01 Globalization Answer Key True / False Questions 1. As a result of globalization, we have been moving toward a world in which national economies are (p. 7) relatively self-contained entities. FALSE Over the past three decades a fundamental shift has been occurring in the world economy. We have been moving away from a world in which national economies were relatively self-contained entities. AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Difficulty: 1 Easy Learning Objective:
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this book provides an overview of relevant contemporary interdisciplinary research on translation, intercultural communication and globalization, and corpus and psycho- and neuro-linguistic studies. House acknowledges the importance of the socio-cultural and situational contexts in which texts are embedded, and which need to be analysed when they are transferred through space and time in acts of translation, at the same time highlighting the linguistic nature of translation. The text includes
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