Lecture 1: 1. What Are Organizations? Organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. * Social Inventions mean that their essential characteristic is the coordinated presence of people. The field of organizational behaviour is about understanding people and managing them to work effectively. * Goal Accomplishment: organizational survival and adaptation to change are important goals. The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with how
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accomplish." There are plenty of books telling you how to "dress for success" and control your body language. But keeping on top of your personal traits is only part of the story of managing your professional image, says Roberts. You also belong to a social identity group—African American male, working mother—that brings its own stereotyping from the people you work with, especially in today's diverse workplaces. You can put on a suit and cut your hair to improve your appearance, but how do you manage
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Matched-Guise Technique research methodology used to measure people’s attitudes towards a speaker based solely on speech style, it suggests that how speak can affect how others evaluate us * Ethno linguistic theory an application & extension of social identity theory that deals with language behaviour * Language and speech style is one of the most distinct and clear markers of ethnic identity * People will either accentuate or de-emphasis their ethnic language depending to what extent
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How Do Attitudes Form? Attitudes form directly as a result of experience. They may emerge due to direct personal experience, or they may result from observation. Social roles and social norms can have a strong influence on attitudes. Social roles relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context. Social norms involve society's rules for what behaviors are considered appropriate. Attitudes can be learned in a variety of ways. Consider how advertisers use classical
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Product attitude not because of its objective benefits c. Of what the product says about him/her as a person d. Highly relevant to lifestyle analyses, where consumers cultivate a cluster of activities, interest and opinions to express a particular social identity 3. Ego-defensive Function a. Formed to protect the person, either from external threats or internal feelings b. Products that will protect their image 4. Knowledge Function a. A result of a need for order, structure, or meaning b. This
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Outline one or more explanations of media influence on pro-social behaviour and discuss research support Pro social behaviour is when the acts are intended to benefit others. This is usually seen in fundraising campaigns whereas anti social behaviour is usually seen on the news. The social learning theory explains this by learning through media as indirect reinforcement; the media portrays pro-social behaviour as if you see people helping charities then you become aroused to do the same. Hearold
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Milgram’s study of obedience Milgram’s aim was to find a way to understand why individuals obey to an authority figure. By gaining volunteers he advertised in the local newspapers, asking if people would participate in a study concerning the effect of punishment on learning. The ‘real’ or ‘naïve’ participants in the study believed that they were randomly given the role of either the ‘teacher’ or the ‘learner’ but actually it was fixed that every time they were the learner, the other participant
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Leadership and Group Dynamics-Self Assessment Summary University of Phoenix - Axia College XCOM/100-Introduction to Communications The self-assessment was very easy to complete and provided a detailed insight to my ability to work within a group, as well as my ability to lead a group of people. The results provided by the assessment showed that I was near the average or above average levels in all the results. I was not necessarily surprised
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The experiment is related closely to the Stanford Prison and Milgram Experiments, in that it tries to show how perfectly normal human beings can be pressured into unusual behavior by authority figures, or by the consensus of opinion around them. For the experiment, eight subjects were seated around a table, with the seating plan carefully constructed to prevent any suspicion. Only one participant was actually a genuine subject for the experiment, the rest being confederates, carefully tutored
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Group Dynamics and Processes Paper Walmart Employees No Longer “Get Happy” I recently read and article written by Rocco Pendola about the systematic struggles that the huge super-retailer Walmart is facing concerning its staff and lack of “team” environment. Rocco’s article begins when he initially posted 24 concerning pictures of various issues surrounding a huge variety of Walmart stores. Rocco began to receive a huge over pour of emails, photos and comments from Walmart employees around
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