Organizational Behavior flashcards that match how you actually study
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Studying Organizational Behavior with flashcards
Organizational behavior examines how individuals, groups, and structures affect behavior inside organizations, drawing on psychology and sociology. Topics include motivation, leadership, group dynamics, communication, decision-making, culture, and change. Because much of the field is theory and named models, students face a heavy load of frameworks that overlap, such as competing motivation theories or leadership styles, and it is easy to attribute the wrong concept to the wrong theorist.
Active recall works well because exams test whether you can name the right theory, attribute it correctly, and apply it to a scenario. Spaced repetition is ideal for the volume of named models, stages, and typologies that accumulate. Write cards that pair a theory with its author and core claim, and application cards that give a workplace scenario and ask which framework explains it. Add contrast cards that separate similar theories, like Maslow versus Herzberg, on one distinguishing point. If you keep handwritten concept maps linking theories, scanning them into NoteFren turns each link into a prompt so you rehearse the relationships, not just isolated names.
Key topics to turn into flashcards
Motivation theories
Card Maslow's hierarchy, Herzberg's two-factor theory, expectancy theory, and equity theory, each with its core claim and a distinguishing feature.
Leadership models
Cover trait, behavioral, situational, and transformational versus transactional leadership, noting what each emphasizes and its limits.
Group dynamics
Make cards on Tuckman's stages, groupthink symptoms, social loafing, and the difference between task and relationship conflict.
Organizational culture
Prompt on Schein's levels of culture, artifacts versus values versus assumptions, and how strong cultures shape behavior.
Perception and decision-making
Card common biases like anchoring, confirmation, and attribution errors, and bounded rationality versus the rational model.
Change management
Cover Lewin's unfreeze-change-refreeze model, Kotter's steps, and typical sources of resistance to organizational change.
Study tips
- Tip 1
Chunk by topic
Split Organizational Behavior into small decks—one per lecture, chapter, or concept—so reviews stay fast and focused.
- Tip 2
Answer before you flip
Say the answer out loud or jot a keyword before revealing the card. Active recall beats passive recognition every time.
- Tip 3
Schedule reviews
Let spaced repetition surface Organizational Behavior cards right before you would forget them. Cramming alone rarely sticks.
- Tip 4
Use mistakes as data
Tag or star misses and revisit them first next session—your weak spots are where the most points hide.
Common mistakes to avoid
Misattributing theories
Mixing up which theorist proposed which model loses easy marks, so card each theory with its author and a one-line claim.
Memorizing definitions without applying them
Exams give scenarios, not definitions, so build cards that present a workplace situation and ask which framework fits.
Blurring similar theories
Maslow and Herzberg or transformational and transactional leadership get conflated, so card the single point that most clearly separates each pair.
Sample Organizational Behavior flashcards
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What is Vroom's expectancy theory?
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Motivation = expectancy × instrumentality × valence.
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What is equity theory?
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People compare their ratio of inputs to outcomes with others', and perceived unfairness motivates change.
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What are Tuckman's stages of group development?
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Forming, storming, norming and performing (with adjourning added later).
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What is social loafing?
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Putting in less effort when working in a group than when working alone.
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What are Schein's three levels of organizational culture?
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Artifacts, espoused values and basic underlying assumptions.
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What is bounded rationality?
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Decision-making limited by information, time and cognitive capacity, which leads to satisficing.
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What are the three stages of Lewin's change model?
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Unfreeze, change and refreeze.
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What does goal-setting theory predict?
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Specific, difficult goals with feedback lead to higher performance than vague goals.
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