Motivation oDefined as the psychological forces within a person that determine: 1) direction of behavior in an organization; 2) the effort or how hard people work 3) the persistence displayed in meeting goals. Intrinsic Motivation: behavior performed for its own sake
Groups. Teams and Effectiveness oGroup: two or more people who interact with each other to accomplish a goal. oTeam: group who work intensively with each other to achieve a specific common goal All teams are groups, BUT, not all groups are teams. o Teams often are difficult to form I Takes time for members to work together. Teams can improve organizational performance Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Organizational Conflict Conflict exists in situations where goals, interests or values of people are incompatible and they block other's efforts to achieve their goals Some level of conflict is inevitable given the wide range of goals in a firm Some conflict is good for organizational performance Too much causes managers to spend much time responding to conflict
Operations Management Refers to the management of the production system that transforms inputs into finished goods and services o Production system: the way a firm acquires inputs then converts and disposes outputs oOperations managers: responsible for the transformation process from inputs to outputs Operations management seeks to increase the quality
