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Organizations and

Behavior Vincent Ng

Autumn 2010

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What Is Organizational Behavior ?

What We Will Be Doing ?

Lecture 1Unit 3 Organizations and Behaviour 

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Scope for Today

1. Introduction ± What we will do

2. Organization Structure - Functional

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Introducing Myself 

Vincent NgSingapore

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Vincent Ng

vincentmsng@gmail.comTelephone: + 65 90 22 33 96 (Singapore)/ 01296 212 772

(Hanoi)

National University of Singapore

MBA Ashridge Management College

City University of London

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I have taught HND in Beijing, China:

1. Quality Management H12. Business Decision Making H2

3. Pur chasing H1

4. Resear ch Project H2

5. Managing Activities to Achieve Results H26. Managing Professional Development H2

7. Small Business Enterprise H2

8. Managing Financial Resour ces and Decisions H1

9. Working with and Leading People H210. Taxation H2

Do you see other things? ?

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 Among Asean studentsstudying in Singapore,

the Vietnamese students

are the most hardworking

Vietnam will be the

strongest country in South

East Asia

Mr Lee Kuan Yew

Founder of modern Singapore

I decided to teach in Vietnam because.

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Unfortunately, ««««««.

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1.1 Organizations and Behavior ?

Organizational Behavior ?

Organizational Behavior is a distinctacademic field, emerged in the 1920s«

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Development of 

Organizational Behavior 

Frederick Taylor 

Scientific Management

Elton MayoHuman Relations

Mary Parker Follett

Chester Bernard

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Frederick Taylor 

Productivity gained through

µsystematic¶ study

Time and Motion Study

Scientific Management

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Elton Mayo

The Hawthorne Experiment

Productivity Gained can not be explained

by anything physical !

Human Relation School of thought

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Organizational Behavior (OB)

is the study of what people think, feel, anddo, in and around organizations.

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Why Study OB?

We want to improve our organizational

efficiency and effectiveness.

In another word, we wan to improve our 

management of our organizations

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 And, what is Management ?

1. Managing work

2. Managing people

3. Managing communication and

information

4. Managing Self 

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Two Most Difficult Tasks for 

Managers

Performance Management

Change Management

 Application of OB helps

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7 Main Topics

Outcomes1

1. Organizational Structure

2. Organizational Culture

3. Individual Behavior at Work

Outcome 2

4. Management Theories

Outcome 3

5. Leadership

6. Motivation

Outcome 4

7. Groups and Teams

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2 Assignments

 Assignment 1 ± Individual

 Assignment 2 ± Group

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Outlines of Assignments

Outcome 1

1. Organizational Structure

2. Organizational Culture

3. Individual Behavior at Work

Outcome 2

4. Management Theories

Outcome 35. Leadership

6. Motivation

Outcome 4

7. Groups and Teams

 Assignment 1

Individual

 Assignment 2

Group

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 Assignment 1

I will provide some case studies

But if you want to do very well ±

Merit/Distinction

Find real life organization(s) and apply

theories.

Interview the people or survey

I stress µs¶ in organizations.

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To complete learning, you must do your assignment !

Kolb¶s Experiential Learning

Experience

Review

T

Practice

Theory

My lectures

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Please discuss with me your 

assignmentWhy ?

There are 3 methods of instruction

1. Lecture

2. Socratic - Questioning and discussion

3. Recitation

We need Socratic !

The Lecture/Tutorial method was used by Oxford and

Cambridge.

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Where to find me

My offfice

Hai Yen Hotel

SMS or telephone

01296 212 772

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H1 and H2 Module

H1 ± Use of Convention

 Application of Theory

H2 - Resear ch Analyses

Unit 3 ± Organizations and Behaviour is H1The emphasis is on (1) use of 

convention and (2) application of theory

=> Find your organizations