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Bias … a word that ranges from tendency to prejudice. Some of the most common biases studied in organizational behavior are:
Primacy effect – the first impression, quick to appear but it last long. It is the main people selection tool that you use everyday. Try not to judge employees or employers based on that. You...
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A team justifies its existence only if it brings added value through numbers. That means if 1+1=3.
An employee has the tendency to ‘free-ride”. It is human nature.
Social loafing is an organizational behavior of an employee that makes less effort in a team compared with the way he behaves next to an individual task. The...
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An effective team is not just a bunch of people put together. It is about complementarity of employee’s competencies, it takes time and if one member leaves, the team hurts.
A team does not have what is called “group thinking”. A team does not a leader as in somebody to lead. A team needs a manager that is, most of...
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The classical characteristics of a team are in the same time the ideal requirements:
Task related:
Challenging and complex tasks
Tasks that create interdependence
Structural:
Stability of the team
Size – small is beautiful
Expertise that fits the needs
Physical proximity
Rules and procedures
Diversity
External...
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Our necessity of social recognition meets halfway with the value given to us by other people.
There will always be a tendency to behave egalitarian in an effort to make people feel good. The level of hypocrisy involved makes it useless.
People feel the lie. If they are your employees they will despise you. If they are you...
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