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Understanding Organizational Behavior ON DEMAND

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13.0 Credits

Member Price $351.00

Non-Member Price $404.00

Overview

In this course, we cover employee emotions, perceptions, personalities, and motivations, and how these factors impact how people behave within a business. These underlying issues drive how people make decisions, behave within groups, communicate, and lead. We also tie these concepts into the best ways to navigate through conflict management and change management.

Highlights

Overview of organizational behavior. Impact on ethical behavior. The organizational behavior model. The goals of organizational behavior. Levels of diversity. Taking advantage of diversity. The nature of attitude. Types of attitude. Characteristics of emotions and moods. How emotions are used, and more.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs, CFPs, and other financial managers.

Objectives

Identify the issues impacting proper ethical behavior. Specify the inputs to the organizational behavior model. Describe the effects of discrimination in the workplace. Identify the classifications used for rating the abilities of employees. Specify the drivers of a person’s attitude. Identify the triggers for cognitive dissonance. Recall which actions can improve job satisfaction. Specify what can trigger positive emotions. Describe the behavior of a narcissist. Specify how people can adjust their behavior to a situation. Specify the outcomes associated with the situation strength theory, and more.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Steven Bragg, Western CPE

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.

Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).

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Non-Member Price $404.00

Member Price $351.00