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Enactment Theory
What is Enactment Theory? Enactment theory goes be- yond the conventional scope of theories of action by acknowledging tiordances in the environment, needs of individuals and organizations, decision and preparation, motivation, planning...
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Emotions (Organizational Behavior)
What are Emotions? How do emotions relate to Organizational Behavior? Emotions shape an individual's belief about the value of a job, a company, or a team. Emotions also affect behaviors at work. Research shows that individuals within...
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Emotional Labor
What is Emotional Labor? Emotional labor is the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job. More specifically, workers are expected to regulate their personas during interactions with...
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Emotional Intelligence
What is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional intelligence is most often defined as the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions.
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Egocentrism
What is Egocentrism? Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other. More specifically, it is the inability to accurately assume or understand any perspective other than one's own. Egocentrism is found across the...
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Diversity Management
What is Diversity Management? Diversity management is an organizational process used to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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Dimensions of Relational Work
What are the Dimensions of Relational Work? According to Butler and Waldroop the following Four Dimensions of Relational Work are important: Influence, Interpersonal Facilitation, Relational Creativity and Team leadership.
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Designing a Team
What is Designing a Team? Team design is the process of organizing individuals into a cohesive coalition—one that makes a concerted effort to achieve a shared outcome. Teamwork has a lot of advantages: combined brain power, complementary...
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Design Thinking
What is Design Thinking? Design thinking refers to the set of cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when...
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Delphi Method
What is the Delphi Method? The Delphi method or Delphi technique is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts. The technique...
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Cynefin Framework
What is the Cynefin Framework? The Cynefin framework (Figure 1 below) is a problem-solving tool that helps you put situations into five "domains" defined by cause-and-effect relationships.
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Culture as Organizational Communication
What is Culture as Organizational Communication?
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Cultural Relativism
What is Cultural Relativism? Cultural relativism is the idea that a person's beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture. Proponents of cultural relativism also tend to argue that the norms and values of...
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Crucial Success Factors - Management
What are Crucial Success Factors in Management? Critical success factor is a management term for an element that is necessary for an organization or project to achieve its mission. To achieve their goals they need to be aware of each key...
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Cross-Functional Team
What is a Cross-Functional Team? What is a Cross-Functional Team? A cross-functional team, also known as a multidisciplinary team or interdisciplinary team, is a group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common...
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Crisis Management
What is Crisis Management? Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders.
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Creation and Maintenance of Organizational Culture
How do you create organizational culture? How do you maintain organizational culture?
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Control Function of Management
What is the Control Function of Management? Controlling is a primary goal-oriented function of management in an organization. It is a process of comparing the actual performance with the set standards of the company to ensure that...
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Conflict Theory
What is Conflict Theory? Conflict theories are perspectives in sociology and social psychology that emphasize a materialist interpretation of history, dialectical method of analysis, a critical stance toward existing social arrangements,...
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Conflict Management in Groups
How does Conflict Management in Groups take place? Find the common interests and goals so everybody agrees on something. Make necessary adjustments, reinforce, confirm, and make the agreement work. Remember that conflicting ideas lead to...
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Conflict (Organizational Behavior)
What is Conflict? How does it relate to Organizational Behavior? Organizational conflict refers to the condition of misunderstanding or disagreement that is caused by the perceived or actual opposition in the needs, interests, and values...
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Confirmation Bias
What is Confirmation Bias? Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.
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Collective Efficacy Belief
What is Collective Efficacy belief? Collective efficacy refers to the shared belief that through their collective action, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement for all students.
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Cognitive Dissonance
What is Cognitive Dissonance? In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the perception of contradictory information and the mental toll of it. Relevant items of information include a person's actions, feelings, ideas, beliefs,...