Week 1: Intro

Question 1

What is Organisational Behaviour?

Answer 1

• “the systematic studyof individuals, groups, and organisations to create high performing organisations that engender high levels of outcomes for all organisational stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, and the community” (Kalliath et al, page 4).
• Assumes that peopleare the most important assetof the organisation.

Question 2

Org. Behaviour vs. Org. Psychology?

Answer 2

• *Similarities:**
• study individual behaviour
• study macro-level organisational factors
• similar histories
• *Differences:**
• organisational psychologists only interested in macro-level factors that influence individual behaviour
• organisational behaviourists draw from a variety of disciplines

Question 3

Definition Globalisation

Answer 3

‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwidethrough the increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows, and also through the more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology’