Vocational Decision Making among Women: Implications for Organizational Behavior

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur P. Brief ◽  
Mary van Sell ◽  
Ramon J. Aldag
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior

scholarly journals Management of pre-university Egyptian education: politics, issues and trend

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Zaki Ewiss
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Administrative Leadership ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Education Politics

PurposeEducational management's main task is to achieve learning quality outcomes in acquiring knowledge, scientific skills and social values. This study aims to provide a background on Egyptian thought development in educational management from 1990 to 2020.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, we used the descriptive method to collect and interpret data. This method aims to describe an object of phenomena after data collection, analyze it, identify the conditions and relationships between variables and monitor the challenges arising from Egypt's educational system's problems.FindingsThe results showed the following: (1) the trend toward decentralization of educational management is not fulfill during that period and (2) the district and directorate administration continued to receive administrative instructions from the managerial ladder's highest authorities. The Ministry of Education was in control of policy decision-making processes and administrative and financial responsibilities. Many decisions and laws hinder decentralization, such as centralizing examinations, curricula and teachers' recruitment and transfer.Originality/valueThe challenges of developing educational management are related to the shortage of modern management methods in administrative leadership, organizational behavior and decision-making, such as human relations and decentralized administration. Also, the insufficient material resources, managerial competencies and educational, intellectual stagnation among many leaders and administrators.

scholarly journals Power and Decision Making in the Early Church

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Seth Akhilele
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Study Results

Abstract In this article, there is the intersection of biblical principles into the teaching and learning of organizational behavior. It examined the crisis in the early Church, as told in the Luke account of Acts of the Apostles Chapter six, and how the leaders decided to resolve the conflict. The exegetical analysis method revealed the lessons learned from the apostolic leaders’ decision-making strategy and the power play in their leadership style. The results included the need for decision making for conflict resolution, decision and empowerment, power distance advantage, and power-sharing advantage in the early Church. The decision-making style for resolving the conflict in the Church was then recommended for contemporary church leaders, in teaching organizational leadership behavior in Christian schools, and in practice in other organizations. The study results suggest that the Bible is a rich source of data for teaching organizational behavior. Keywords: Low-power distance, conflict resolution, decision making, church, power-sharing.

Using The New Yorker Magazine’s Cartoon Caption Contest to Stimulate Creative Group Problem Solving: An In-Class Exercise

2020 ◽  
pp. 237929812090909
Author(s):  
John D. Keiser
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
New Yorker ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Class Environment ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
The New Yorker

Three staples of management and organizational behavior classes are units on creativity, problem solving, and group decision making. This article presents an experiential exercise in creative problem solving in which the participants attempt to create a cartoon caption both individually and in small groups. The cartoons all come from The New Yorker magazine’s weekly Cartoon Caption Contest. The exercise allows the participants to get some experience in creative problem solving and decision making as group members. In addition to introducing these topics, the exercise proves to be a lighthearted way for students to get to know one another and helps create an interactive class environment during the semester.

Utilizing CommonKADS as Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Supporting Dynamic Virtual Organization Creation

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morcous M. Yassa ◽  
Hesham A. Hassan ◽  
Fatma A. Omara
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Knowledge Engineering ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Collaboration Network ◽  
Legacy Systems ◽  
Business Markets ◽  
Business Opportunity

<p class="Abstract">Business Opportunity (BO) needs business collaboration and rapid distributed solution. Legacy systems are not enough to cope with it and there is a need to create Dynamic Virtual Organizations (DVO). While ecosystems have no agree in this area of business markets, some earlier DVO work used ecosystems to handle BO. The main objective of this paper is to show how CommonKADS knowledge engineering methodology is used to model DVO; life cycle, identification, and formation. Towards this objective, different perspectives used to analyze Collaboration Network Organization (CNO) have been discussed. Also, four more perspectives (CNO boundary fixing, organizational behavior, CNO federation modeling, and external environments) have been suggested to obtain what we called a Federated CNO Model (FCNOM). We believe that according to the work in this paper, the negotiations within CNO components during its life cycle will be minimized, the DVO configuration automation will be support, and more harmonization between CNO partners will be accomplished.</p>

Teaching Biopolitics in a Professional Curriculum

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick G. O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Decision Making Processes

This article considers the ways in which teachers of public administration can address biopolitical issues within an established professional curriculum. The author distinguishes between the teleological and instrumental aspects of a belief system, holding that biobehavioral explanation can be pedagogically useful and can provide public administrators with a model for assessing and responding to workplace phenomena. The article proposes that undergraduate and graduate teaching impose different standards on an instructor seeking to introduce biobehavioral and biostructural concepts. The different standards arise out of the explicit and focused career instrumentality of graduate study in public administration, as well as age graded differences in receptivity to particular propositions about human nature. Finally, this article details some ways in which biobehavioral explanation can be introduced in organizational behavior classes and in classes that consider the structure of public organizations and their decision-making processes.

Prioritizing Local Sport Activities: Determining Organizational Commitment to an Innovative Swimming Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan K. Berg ◽  
Michael Hutchinson ◽  
Carol C. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Parks And Recreation ◽  
Sport Activities

This case study illustrates the complexity of decision making in public organizations, specifically highlighting the public health concern of drowning disparities in the United States. Using escalation of commitment theory, students must consider various factors in evaluating the overextended commitments of a local government in a complicated sociopolitical environment and with vital public needs that must be addressed through a local parks and recreation department. Facing a reduction in allocated resources, the department director, Claire Meeks, is tasked with determining which programs will receive higher priority despite the varied feedback from the management staff. To ensure students are provided a realistic scenario, this case offers a combination of fictional and real-life events from Splash Mid-South, an innovative swimming program in Memphis, Tennessee. Students must critically evaluate not only the merits of the swimming program, but the other sport, recreation, and parks programs that also merit an equitable share of the limited resources. Therefore, students are placed in a decision-making role that is common to managers of both public and private organizations. This case study is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate sport management courses, with specific application to strategic management, organizational behavior, and recreation or leisure topics.

Future internet: on a continuous path for achieving “a vision beyond expectations”

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Bodolica ◽  
Martin Spraggon ◽  
Anam Shahid
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Future Internet ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
On The Road

Subject area Firm success, organizational structure and values, business challenges, corporate change, decision making. Study level/applicability Senior undergraduate courses in Organizational Behavior and Business Policy and Strategy. Case overview This case relates the story of growth of Future Internet, a small media firm launched in 1998 in Dubai, UAE. The case describes the past achievements of Future Internet along with the challenges met on the road, illustrates the key factors and core organizational values that were critical for its business success and discusses the new prospects that the company is seeking to explore in the future. As Future Internet is continuously searching to engage in a path of new business opportunities, what are the most viable strategic choices to be made for securing a sustainable corporate growth and development? Expected learning outcomes Discuss different aspects involved in the management of a small firm operating in a dynamic industry; assess the key factors that might contribute to explaining corporate success; and evaluate the effectiveness of managerial decision making over time (change in structure and values, opportunities' evaluation and selection of strategic options) to achieve sustainable development. Supplementary materials Teaching notes.

Organizational Behavior

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal M. Ashkanasy ◽  
Alana D. Dorris
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Employee Values

Organizational behavior (OB) is a discipline that includes principles from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Its focus is on understanding how people behave in organizational work environments. Broadly speaking, OB covers three main levels of analysis: micro (individuals), meso (groups), and macro (the organization). Topics at the micro level include managing the diverse workforce; effects of individual differences in attitudes; job satisfaction and engagement, including their implications for performance and management; personality, including the effects of different cultures; perception and its effects on decision-making; employee values; emotions, including emotional intelligence, emotional labor, and the effects of positive and negative affect on decision-making and creativity (including common biases and errors in decision-making); and motivation, including the effects of rewards and goal-setting and implications for management. Topics at the meso level of analysis include group decision-making; managing work teams for optimum performance (including maximizing team performance and communication); managing team conflict (including the effects of task and relationship conflict on team effectiveness); team climate and group emotional tone; power, organizational politics, and ethical decision-making; and leadership, including leadership development and leadership effectiveness. At the organizational level, topics include organizational design and its effect on organizational performance; affective events theory and the physical environment; organizational culture and climate; and organizational change.

Book Review: Organizational Behavior: Organizational Decision Making

ILR Review ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-157
Author(s):  
Winston Oberg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Organizational Decision Making
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