MGT 114 Business Org'

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MGT 114 Business Org. Management

• Week 8
• Teams

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• Organization Defined
• A systematic arrangement of 2 or more people who
  fulfill formal roles and share a common purpose.
  (Steven Robins)
• An adminstrative and functional structure tha
  can be as small as a one-person operation or as
  large as 1 million employees. (John Ivancevich)

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• A system of consciously coordinated activities
  between 2 or more people.
• (Chester Barnard)
• Planned units, deliberately structured for the
  purpose of attaining specific goals.
• (Amitai Etzioni)

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• Common themes between definitions
• Groups of people working TOGETHER
• Common purpose / goal
• Coordination of efforts
• Structure

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• Definition in ENGLISH the achievement of common
  goals through group effort.
• (WJ Patterson)
• Why study organizations?
• A Dominant component of our society
• Organizations have outcomes

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• The basic unit of all behavior is call the
  ACTIVITY, and all Behavior is a series of
  ACTIVITIES. (Dr. J. Barnes)
• All behavior of goal oriented.
• All organizations are goal oriented

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• All behavior is caused, but the cause may not be
  obvious to us
• 80/20 Iceberg Rule
• We see the 20 above water, that is the Symtom
• We dont see the 80 below water, that is the
  Cause

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• Organizational Behavior the field of study that
  analyzes Individuals, Groups, and Structure to
  determine effects they have on behavior within an
  organization.
• 2 elements needed for strength in OB
• Strong leadership
• Interpersonal skills
• (These will be a backbone of our decisions)

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• Elton Mayo Many of our critical problems are
  not in the world of things, but in the world of
  people. Our greatest failures as human beings
  has been the inability to secure cooperation,
  understanding and relationships with others.
  (1930s)

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• I will pay more for the ability to work with
  people than any other ability under the sun.
  (John D. Rockefeller)
• More than intelligence, persuasiveness,
  knowledge or job skills, THE most important skill
  is relationship skills.
• (American Management Association)

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• Goals the mark set as a limit to be reached.
• What happens when we reach our goal? Do we stop?
  Are goals Good? Are Goals a bad thing to have?

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• Goals build Partnerships
• Goals reduce Conflicts
• Integrate Team Goals into Department Goals
• Base your Goals on a defined problem
• Base your Goals on realistic attainment

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• Questions to ask in setting attainable goals.
• What goals do I want to reach?
• When do I want to reach them?
• What obstacles must I conquer?
• Who can help me?
• What skills and knowledge will I need?
• Whats my plan?
• What will I gain

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• Pattersons last question to ask
• As I make this plan to reach my goals, have I
  included those people closest to me in those
  goals? When I stand at the top after reaching
  this goal, will those people closest to me be
  standing beside me?

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• 5 more questions AFTER you have set goals
• Are these MY goals?
• Are they morally right?
• Do my short and long term goals mesh?
• Can I emotionally commit to them?
• Can I visualize them?

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• T E A M
• T-Together
• E Everyone
• A Achieves
• M More
• There are no Is in the word Team

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• Team Definition Two or more individuals
  having a unifying relationship, such as common
  goals, objectives and physical proximity.
• What common elements to you see in the
  definitions of Team Organization?

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• Elements of a Team Process
• Common vision/ common purpose
• Working in consensus
• Willingness to give up something to get something
• Everyone wins
• Communication and involvement

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• Ray Kroc Founder of McDonalds
• None of us is as good as ALL of us.