Introduction to Organizational Behaviour

What is an organization?

A group of people that work interdependently to achieve common goals.

Define Organizational Behaviour.

A field of study that investigates the impact of individuals, groups, and structures on behaviours within organizations.

What are the levels of analysis in Organizational Behaviour?

Micro/Individual, Meso/Group, and Macro/Organizational.

What does the contingency approach imply?

It states that decisions and circumstances depend on particular situations, as human beings are complex and generalizations cannot be made.

What is evidence-based management (EBM)?

Making the best decision through the use of evidence from multiple sources with the goal of achieving and supporting favorable results.

List substitutes for evidence in decision-making.

Obsolete knowledge, personal experience, specialist skills, hype, dogma, and mindless mimicry of top performance.

What are the steps of evidence-based management?

Asking, acquiring, appraising, aggregating, applying, and assessing.

What does the PICOC framework stand for?

Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Context.

Which components of the PICOC framework are most important?

Population, Intervention, and Outcome.

What are some sources of evidence for evidence-based management?

Practitioners, scientific literature, organization internal data, and stakeholders.