Profit The profit (in hundreds of dollars) that a company makes depends on the amount (in hundreds of dollars) the company spends on advertising. The profit function is Using your knowledge of the slopes of tangent lines, show that the profit is increasing on the interval and decreasing on the interval
Chapter 1 What is organizational behavior Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. OB can be contrasted with two other courses commonly offered in management departments: human resource management and strategic management. Human resource management takes the theories and principles studied in OB and explores the “nutsand bolts” applications of hose principles in organizations. An OB study might explore the relationship between learning and job performance, whereas a human resource management study might examine the best ways to structure training programs to promote employee learning. Strategic management focuses on
