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HRIR 3041 individual in org
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Undergraduate 3
02/25/2008

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Organizations
Definition
Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose, structured patterns of interaction, coordinated tasks, have common objectives
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What does it mean to be a professional?  
Definition
follow a professional code of ethics, contribute to the greater good, and use evidence-bassed practices
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Values
Definition

Long-lasting beliefs about what is important in a variety of situations

(personal definition of right vs. wrong) 

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Ethics
Definition
Study of moral principles or values that determine whether acitons are right or wrong and outcomes are good or bad
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Definition
Organizations's moral obligation toward it stakeholders
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Knowledge Management
Definition
Any structured activity that improves an organizaiton's capacity to acquire, share, and use knowledge for its survival and success
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Human Capital
Definition
Knowledge that people possesss and generate
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Structural Capital
Definition
Knowledge captured in systems and structures
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Relationship Capital
Definition
Value derived from satisfied customers, reliable suppliers, etc.
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Knowledge Management Process
Definition

Knowledge Acquisition

Knowledge Sharing

Knowledge Use 

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Knowledge acquisition
Definition
Hiring talent, acquiring firms, individual learning, experimentation
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Knowledge sharing
Definition
communication, communities of practice
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Knowldege use
Definition

awareness

freedome to apply 

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Organizational Memory
Definition

the storage and preservation of intellectual capital

(successful companies also unlearn) 

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Retain intellectual capital
Definition

Keeping knowledgeable employees

Transferring knowledge to others

transferring human capital to structural capital 

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Decision Making
Definition
conscious process of making choices among one or more alternatives with the intention of moving toward some desired state of affairs
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Utility
Definition

Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

Greatest good for the greatest number

Actions are judged by their consequences 

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Liberty
Definition

John Locke

Freedome is the supreme value used to judge ethicality: Restricing a person's behavior is only justified if it prevents harm to others.  

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Duty
Definition

Immanual Kant 

Respect human dignity at all times regardless of the potential outcomes

Lying or misleading is a serious ethical violation 

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Fairness
Definition

John Rawls

Justice is the supreme value o

Provide equal opportunity

concerned about the least well off 

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Virtue
Definition

Aristotle

considred with "moral character"

moral actionas are those that embrace virtue and avoid vice 

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Care
Definition

Carol Gilligan

Ethical acts are those that nurture personal relationships and care for people

choices involve considering how relationships with people will be affected

Like virtue ethics, with emphasis on teh feminine virtues of sympath, compassion, fidelity, love and friendship 

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Creative Process Model
Definition
Preparation, Incubation, Insight, Verification
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Characteristics of Creative People
Definition
Above average intelligence, Persistence, Relevant knowledge and experience, inventive thinking, Open to experience
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Creative Work Environments
Definition
Learning orientation, intrinsically motivation work, open communication and sufficient resources, team trust and project commitment
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4 Decision Making Styles
Definition
Directive, Analytical, Conceptual, Behavior
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Directive
Definition
Action oriented, decision, and like to focus on facts. Exercise power and control, and focus on the short run
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Analytical
Definition
Careful decison makers hwo take the time to consider more alternatives and more facts than directives. Better decisions but more time.
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Conceptual
Definition
Careful decison makers hwo gather all facts, focus on relationships and social concerns more than facts
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Behavioral
Definition
Make decisions via participating in social interactions where opinions are openly exchanged; supportive, avoid conflict, concerned abou others, value speed of decision
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