Effects of organizational experience on managerial attitudes and beliefs: A better press for managers

Burke, Ronald J.

doi:10.1016/s0148-2963(73)80028-1

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“…Pitts and Sims (1978) found that undergraduate business administration majors were more &dquo;Theory X&dquo; oriented than were managers. In a study comparing attributes of experienced managers and business students, Burke (1973) found that managers differed from students by showing: 1 ) a greater feeling of mastery of their own environment rather than a belief in chance or fate,…”

Section: Relational Skills Business People See As Importantmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relational Learning in the University and the Demands of Business: a Mismatch?

Bigelow

1983

Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal

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An advertising blurb for a recent film stated that &dquo; ... going to school can be an education in itself!&dquo; This statement succinctly identifies the dual nature of learning in an institution. On the one hand, there is the formal, intended learning provided by the institution. On the other hand, there is learning which takes place simply from the experience of participating in an educational system.Most educators pay a great deal of attention to the formal learning, but pay considerably less attention to what is learned from the experience of going to school.This can create problems for students if what they learn from the informal system is not appropriate after they leave school. Teachers of Organizational Behavior might well take an interest in what students experientially learn from the university setting, since this is quite likely to include relational orientations and skills-topis within the OB bailiwick.The purpose of this paper is to explore the relational orientations and skills that business students learn experientially in school, and how this affects them when they enter business. This paper begins with a review of pertinent studies in three areas: (1) the kinds of relational skills businesspeople see as important, (2) the differences between students and businesspeople, and (3) the problems of recent graduates when they enter business.

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Section: Relational Skills Business People See As Importantmentioning

confidence: 99%