The individual
Individual differences
- Objectives
- Individual behaviour in organisations
- Personality
- Nomothetic and idiographic approaches
- Theoretical approaches – Nomothetic
- Erik Erikson
- Other theoretical approaches
- Sigmund Freud
- Carl Jung
- Kelly’s personal construct theory
- Applications within work organisations
- Attitudes
- Attitudes managers and Cultures
- Attitude change
- Learning
- The process of Learning
- Classical Conditioning
- A Thesis on Operant conditioning
- Application of Theories of Conditioning
- Limitations of the behaviourist School
- The Cyclical Nature of Learning
- Application of learning Theory to organisations
- Learning Theory applied to Study Skills
- Synopsis
- Review and discussion
- Notes and bibliography
The process of perception
- Objectives
- The perceptual process
- The perception of People
- Meaning to the Individual
- Internal factors
- External Factors
- Organisation and arrangement of stimuli
- Perceptual illusions
- Reaction to Stimuli
- Perceiving other people
- Perceptual distortions and errors
- Selection and attention
- Organisation and Judgment
- Attribution Theory
- Dealings with other people
- Stereotyping
- The Halo affect
- Perceptual defence
- Projection
- Selectivity in the perceptual process
- Illustrative example – the Image of Women
- Gender dimensions in organisations
- Historical perspective
- Understanding women’s positions and status
- Informal practices and networks
- Unwritten assumptions and expectations
- Synopsis
- Review and questions
- Bibliography