会计学原理学习课件.pptVIP

* The look at managerial activity brings forth the importance of people skills in effective management. The field of organizational behavior is the study of “people skills” in that it looks at the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within organizations. (c) 2008 Prentice-Hall, All rights reserved. * * * Often our intuition leads us in the decision-making process. Our intuition relies on gut feelings, individual observation, and common sense. Although our intuition is extremely useful in the decision-making process, it does not give us the complete picture. By engaging in a systematic study of behavior, we can enhance our effectiveness. When we talk about engaging in a systematic study, we are talking about looking at relationships. By doing so we can better determine cause and effect and then by applying scientific evidence to our conclusions, we are better able to predict behavior. It is not an either/or relationship, rather intuition and systematic study can work effectively together to predict behavior. (c) 2008 Prentice-Hall, All rights reserved. * * Evidence-based management (EBM) complements systematic study by applying scientific evidence to managerial decisions. (c) 2008 Prentice-Hall, All rights reserved. * * It is important that managers know how to balance the amount of information to gather, their past experiences, and their intuition in the decision-making process. There are negatives associated with all three approaches. It is the manager’s job to make the best decisions possible by accessing as much evidence as possible while remaining efficient. (c) 2008 Prentice-Hall, All rights reserved. * * The dependent variable is the key factor that you want to explain or predict. The independent variable is the factor that affects change in the dependent variable. By seeing how X impacts Y we will be able to better predict behavior. (c) 2008 Prentice-Hall, All rights reserved. * * Some key variables that we are