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\r\n\r\nIn this course, students are introduced to the field of organizational behavior and learn how to analyze the impact human behaviors have on an organization. Students will also learn strategies to influence the behaviors of individuals to improve an organization. The course covers topics from individual and organizational differences, to motivation and stress, to management and organizational structure.\r\n

Course Improvements<\/h2>\r\nWe believe in making continuous improvements to our courses in order to enhance and facilitate student learning. This newest version of the course includes a vast number of data-driven improvements to assessment questions and text content in order to better illustrate, clarify, and evaluate concepts.\r\n

Contributors<\/h2>\r\nThis course was developed by the Lumen Learning team with contributions from:\r\n\r\nPrimary Content Authors<\/strong>\r\nFreedom Learning Group\r\nBarbara Egel, City Colleges of Chicago\r\nRobert Danielson, Saint Mary\u2019s College of California\r\n\r\nAcknowledgments<\/strong>\r\nThis book has benefited from the contributions of many people, including Laura, Jackson Behrens,\u00a0Teri Blayney,\u00a0Kevin Boggs,\u00a0Nicole Colter,\u00a0Rick Clayton, Kevin Deems,\u00a0Kahlan Fowler, Richard Iler,\u00a0Laura Kadue, Ariana Lesniak, Jerry Lettre,\u00a0Elias Munguia,\u00a0Teri Patty, Elizabeth Perkins, Roxanne Reed, Caroline Vanhouten,\u00a0Johnnie Wiggins.\r\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\r\nLumen Learning courseware is based on open educational resources (OER). When we can find well designed, effective OER that are appropriately licensed, we use them in our courseware. When we can\u2019t find pre-existing OER, we create original content and license it as OER (under a Creative Commons Attribution license).\r\n\r\nLumen\u2019s authoring process doesn\u2019t end when our courseware is released. Our choice to adopt open educational resources means that we have the copyright permissions necessary to engage in continuous improvement of our learning content. Consequently, our courses are continually being revised and updated. Errata reported for our courseware are fixed in a matter of days, as opposed to the traditional model in which errors persist until the next \u201cedition\u201d is printed (often a year or more). Students and faculty can suggest improvements to our courses directly from within the courseware as they use it. And we conduct regular analyses to determine where students are struggling the most in our courseware, and make improvements that specifically target these areas.\r\n\r\nGiven our unique approach, our list of authors and other contributors may look different than the lists you are used to seeing. We provide both a list of the primary content authors (the people involved in the initial creation of the course) and a list of everyone who has contributed suggestions and other improvements to the course since it was first released. We invite you to join us as we create courseware that supports student learning more effectively each semester.\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>.\r\n\r\nYou can also\u00a0make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0OER Office Hours<\/a>\u00a0to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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In this course, students are introduced to the field of organizational behavior and learn how to analyze the impact human behaviors have on an organization. Students will also learn strategies to influence the behaviors of individuals to improve an organization. The course covers topics from individual and organizational differences, to motivation and stress, to management and organizational structure.<\/p>\n

Course Improvements<\/h2>\n

We believe in making continuous improvements to our courses in order to enhance and facilitate student learning. This newest version of the course includes a vast number of data-driven improvements to assessment questions and text content in order to better illustrate, clarify, and evaluate concepts.<\/p>\n

Contributors<\/h2>\n

This course was developed by the Lumen Learning team with contributions from:<\/p>\n

Primary Content Authors<\/strong>
\nFreedom Learning Group
\nBarbara Egel, City Colleges of Chicago
\nRobert Danielson, Saint Mary\u2019s College of California<\/p>\n

Acknowledgments<\/strong>
\nThis book has benefited from the contributions of many people, including Laura, Jackson Behrens,\u00a0Teri Blayney,\u00a0Kevin Boggs,\u00a0Nicole Colter,\u00a0Rick Clayton, Kevin Deems,\u00a0Kahlan Fowler, Richard Iler,\u00a0Laura Kadue, Ariana Lesniak, Jerry Lettre,\u00a0Elias Munguia,\u00a0Teri Patty, Elizabeth Perkins, Roxanne Reed, Caroline Vanhouten,\u00a0Johnnie Wiggins.<\/p>\n

About Lumen<\/h2>\n

Lumen Learning courseware is based on open educational resources (OER). When we can find well designed, effective OER that are appropriately licensed, we use them in our courseware. When we can\u2019t find pre-existing OER, we create original content and license it as OER (under a Creative Commons Attribution license).<\/p>\n

Lumen\u2019s authoring process doesn\u2019t end when our courseware is released. Our choice to adopt open educational resources means that we have the copyright permissions necessary to engage in continuous improvement of our learning content. Consequently, our courses are continually being revised and updated. Errata reported for our courseware are fixed in a matter of days, as opposed to the traditional model in which errors persist until the next \u201cedition\u201d is printed (often a year or more). Students and faculty can suggest improvements to our courses directly from within the courseware as they use it. And we conduct regular analyses to determine where students are struggling the most in our courseware, and make improvements that specifically target these areas.<\/p>\n

Given our unique approach, our list of authors and other contributors may look different than the lists you are used to seeing. We provide both a list of the primary content authors (the people involved in the initial creation of the course) and a list of everyone who has contributed suggestions and other improvements to the course since it was first released. We invite you to join us as we create courseware that supports student learning more effectively each semester.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to connect with us to learn more about adopting this course, please\u00a0Contact Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also\u00a0make an appointment<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0OER Office Hours<\/a>\u00a0to connect virtually with a live Lumen expert about any question you may have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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