Nepotism Essay

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The organization is made up of quite a significant number of departments, which assists the business to meet its objectives and mission statement. These departments are filled with employees who are still considered to be individuals, with various personalities, beliefs, cultures, values and social norms. As a result negative situations are bound to occur, which often lead in deviant workplace behaviour. According to Robbins, Judge, Odendaalm and Roodt (2009) deviant workplace behaviour can be defined as, “voluntary behaviour that violates significant organizational norms and, in so doing, threatens the wellbeing of the organization or its members.” (p.536) Conferring to research are all kinds of deviant workplace behaviour. The one that will be focused on in this assignment, shall be nepotism. In this particular assignment will focus on defining nepotism: my opinion on nepotism: researching why it occurs: the advantages and disadvantages of nepotism: the effect of nepotism on the organization: the effect of nepotism on the team: the effect of nepotism on an individual: in what ways can Industrial psychologist reduce or completely remove the effects if nepotism: the underlying effects of nepotism on the niche market and finally my conclusion My opinion on nepotism it is not necessarily as bad as research has made it seem. I grew up in an Indian community where I have seen it thrive. Where fathers passed on learnt knowledge and skills to their sons and daughters. Although what I have learnt since I have come varsity has put me into murky waters when it comes to nepotism. I learnt that businesses both big and small, need to be innovative and have numerous technical and cogitative skills to grow and survive. Without businesses taking... ... middle of paper ... ....,& Md Nor, G. (2010). Nepotism and tribalism in teams: An initial investigation. Nigeria Research paper, 2. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/General/Downloads/60b7d525671b7422c5%20(1).pdf Robbins S.P., Judge T.A., Odendaal, A. & Roodt, G. (2009) Organisational Behaviour. Global and Southern African Perspectives. (2 nd ed.). Cape Town, SA: Pearson Education South Africa Spector, M. (1999) Managing Smart (1st ed.), Texas, USA: Gulf publishing company Suba Lakshminarasimhan, S. (2011) Retrieved from http://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/articles/119324.aspx Temirkulov, A. (2007). Combating Open Society Threats: Regionalism, Nepotism and Corruption. Recommendations for NGOs from the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek., 5. Retrieved from http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00003710/01/azamat.temirkulov.pdf Walzer, M. (1983). Spheres of justice (1st ed.), USA: Basic Books

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