Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior

Play Quiz

Study Flashcards

Spaced Repetition

Chat to Lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

To manage the employment relationship and people within an organization (correct)
To create a standardized training program for employees
To develop a competitive market strategy
To maximize profits for the organization

Implementing strict employee monitoring systems
Enabling an organization to achieve its goals through planned HR activities (correct)
Reducing workforce costs
Improving employee retention only

Evaluating employee performance through numerical metrics only
Understanding individual motivations and desires in isolation
Formulating policies without employee input
Investigating the effects of individuals, groups, and structures on behaviour within an organization (correct)

<p>It can be viewed as both a burden and a vehicle for citizenship (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Total organizational effectiveness through understanding behaviour (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Formal system for managing people and employment within an organization.

Influence employee behavior, attitudes, and performance strategically to achieve organizational goals.

Planned HR deployment to help an organization achieve its goals.

Study of individual, group, and structural influences on organizational behavior.

Signup and view all the flashcards

Work is both a curse (burden) and a freedom (opportunity), and it's seen as a commodity or route to citizenship.

Signup and view all the flashcards

HRM is a formal system for managing employees and the employment relationship within an organization.
It influences employee behavior, attitudes, and performance.
Strategic HRM involves planned HR activities to help the organization achieve its goals.

OB is a field of study examining the impact of individuals, groups, and organizational structure on behavior within an organization.
Its purpose is to improve organizational effectiveness through application of this knowledge.

Work is viewed differently—sometimes as a curse, sometimes as freedom.
It's been considered a commodity and a path to citizenship, a disutility, and a source of personal fulfillment and identity formation.