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Personality
What is Personality? How does it related to organizational behavior? Personality refers to the combination of a person's characteristics that make them unique and of a distinctive character, and it forms the basis for individual...
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Performance Prism
What is the Performance Prism? Breakthrough measurement techniques for achieving breakthrough business results! Measuring "all" the relationships that matter: with customers, investors, employees, suppliers, alliances, regulators, and...
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Performance Management
What is Performance Management in an Organization? “Performance management is the continuous process of improving performance by setting individual and team goals which are aligned to the strategic goals of the organisation, planning...
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Performance Evaluation - Management
What is Performance Evaluation for managers? A manager performance evaluation is an assessment that a supervisor conducts to determine how well a manager is fulfilling their duties. This kind of performance evaluation can consist of a...
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Perception
What is Perception? How does perception relate to organizational behavior? Perception in Organisational Behavior is defined as the process by which an individual selects, organizes and interprets stimuli into a meaningful and coherent...
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Path Dependence
What is Path Dependence? Path dependency is a phenomenon whereby history matters; what has occurred in the past persists because of resistance to change.
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Paralysis by Analysis
What is Paralysis by Analysis? Analysis paralysis describes an individual or group process where overanalyzing or overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become "paralyzed", meaning that no solution or...
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Paradigm Shift (Organization)
What is a Paradigm Shift in an Organization? In the business world, a paradigm shift is often a change in the perception of how things should be thought about, done, or made. A paradigm shift can require entire departments to be...
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Outcome Bias
What is Outcome Bias? The outcome bias is an error made in evaluating the quality of a decision when the outcome of that decision is already known.
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Establishing Team Dynamics: The Importance of a Team Contract
This video discusses the concept of a team contract and its importance in establishing clear roles, expectations, and norms within a team.
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Organizational Learning
What is Organizational Learning? Organizational learning is the process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organization. An organization improves over time as it gains experience.
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Organizational Culture Profile
What is the Organizational Culture Profile? The organizational culture profile is used to understand what is an organization's primary cultural characteristics.
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Organizational Capacity for Change
What is Organizational Capacity for Change? Organizational capacity for change (OCC) is the overall capability of an organization, to prepare for, or to respond to, an increasingly volatile and changeable environment. Every person has a...
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Operations Management
What is Operations Management? Operations management is an area of management concerned with designing and controlling the process of production and redesigning business operations in the production of goods or services.
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Normative Decision Model
What is Vroom and Yetton's Normative Decision Model? The Vroom-Yetton model is designed to help you to identify the best decision-making approach and leadership style to take, based on your current situation.
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Nominal Group Technique
What is Nominal Group Technique? The nominal group technique is a group process involving problem identification, solution generation, and decision making. It can be used in groups of many sizes, who want to make their decision quickly,...
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Network Effect
What is a Network Effect? In economics, a network effect is the phenomenon by which the value or utility a user derives from a good or service depends on the number of users of compatible products. Network effects are typically positive,...
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)? How is it relevant to organizational behavior?
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Mental Frame
What is a Mental Frame? Mental framing is how you see any given situation and occurs when you position your thoughts in such a way as to convince yourself of the value of difficult situations. This positioning begins by asking a few...
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Marketing Controls
What are Marketing Controls? Marketing control involves setting a desired standard, measuring deviations from the standard and taking the appropriate action. In many cases the standard is expressed in terms of budgets and any substantial...
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Management Information Rights - Preferred Shareholders
What are Management Information Rights of Preferred Shareholders? Information Rights - A preferred shareholder may get special rights to information. This could include the ability to more closely monitor board and executive activity in...
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Management Decision Making Models
What are common Management Decision Making Models? The Rational Model, The Intuitive Model,The Recognition Primed Model, Vroom-Yetton Decision-Making Model, and. Bounded rationality model.
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Management Decision Making
What is Management Decision making? In psychology, decision-making is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be either rational...
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Management by Objective - Explained
What is Management by Objective? Management by objectives, also known as management by planning, was first popularized by Peter Drucker in his 1954 book The Practice of Management.