Organizational Behavior Randy Haffner Leadership Roundtable July 20, 2005

Organizational Behavior Defined “The systematic study of the actions and attitudes that people exhibit within organizations.” Robbins, 2003

Collective Purpose Organizational Learning Change Culture Haffner’s Model

Collective Purpose (Odomirok 2001) Core Ideology (Collins and Porras 1994) Shared Goals, Values and Beliefs (Scott 2001) Individual Identification (Weick 1995) Group Dynamics Collective Purpose Organizational Learning Change Culture

Organizational Learning Environmental Aspect (Senge 1990) Continuous Development “Fluid, Organic, Boundary-Less and Seamless” (Wheatley 1999) Adaptable Collective Purpose Organizational Learning Change Culture

Change Agency The Difficulty of Change (Kotter 1996) Change of Beliefs Complexity Theory (Fullan 2001) Collective Purpose Organizational Learning Change Culture

System of Shared Meaning The Working Value Set “It is the game.” (Gerstner 2002) Collective Purpose Organizational Learning Change Culture

Allocating Resources A True Reflections of Values Must be Correlated to Collective Purpose Every Dollar is Sacred Recognize our Explicit and Implicit Conflicts Transparency

Allocating Resources Resource Allocation Operating vs. Capital Human Resources vs. Financial Resources Practical Aspects Capital follows Operations Capital is to Execute Strategic Plan

Allocating Capital Resources Pro Forma Results EBDIT Percent Return on Investment Economic Value Added Payback Systematic Approach

The Joust

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