Organization Behavior

4. Briefly describe the elements of the formal and the informal organization. Give examples of each.

Classical organization theory evolved during the first half of this century. It represents the merger of scientific management, bureaucratic theory, and administrative theory.

The elder LeGrier was heading downstairs to get his son and talk to police when he heard the gunshots. A Chicago Police Department officer thought that the younger LeGrier was lunging at him with the bat and fired. One report states seven shots were fired, and Jones was hit with a stray bullet from the officer’s firearm. When LeGrier’s father got downstairs, he saw his son and Jones on the floor of the foyer. Jones was not moving, but Quintonio appeared to still be alive. Both were transported to area hospitals where they were both pronounced dead.

According to the article, “Views You Can Use: Was Justice Served in Ferguson?” Rachel Brody proclaims, “The jury, composed of nine whites and three blacks, found no probable cause to charge Wilson, who is white, and returned a “no true bill” on all five indictments against him for killing an unarmed black teen.” But one important fact that is consistently left out is that the grand jury that decided to not indict the officer has been sitting there for a while. They were given this case and were not chosen to handle this case but were just sitting on the stand when the case arrived. According to the article, “Views You Can Use: Was Justice Served in Ferguson?” Rachel Brody proclaims, “Were 12 shots necessary? Was there some other, non-lethal way to subdue the suspect?” When a man approaches you with his hands near his waist, looking like he may have a concealed weapon, wouldn’t you be afraid too? You would be forced to take any actions to protect yourself, no matter how lethal they may

This was also backed up by the differences between the original diagnosis from the Dallas doctors and the official autopsy of JFK’s body. The Dallas doctors found that Kennedy’s throat wound was an entrance wound which meant that the Warren Commission was wrong about Oswald shooting Kennedy from behind. However, before the official autopsy, Kennedy’s body was left unattended for about twenty minutes, in which there may have been a clumsy attempt to alter JFK’s wounds to fit the Warren Commission’s theory. The official autopsy then diagnosed that the throat wound was an exit wound, fitting continently with the theory that Oswald shot JFK from behind. The Dallas doctors could just have made a mistake, however it is more probable that the Warren Commission’s theory about Oswald was wrong and they tried to cover it up by tampering with Kennedy’s wounds.

There were many other witnesses that day that say they also saw a wound in the throat, and all conclude that the throat wound is a small entry wound. This being an entry wound would indicate that the shots were fired from front not the rear. What also indicates this at Parkland Hospital is most employees that were there also say there was a large exit wound in the occipital-parietal, which is located on the back side of the head. Even Dr. Perry states, “I looked at the head wound…noticed the parietal occipital head wound was largely avulsive” (HSCA 4). Logically, a large wound would more likely be an exit wound than an entry wound. Even though there were many witnesses that claimed the throat wound was an entry wound and the head wound an exit wound, the Warren Commission said otherwise because of the autopsy that was done by military

On August 9, 2014 a white male police officer named Darren Wilson fatally shot an African-American male named Michael Brown to death in Ferguson, MO. An investigation was immediately launched through the collection of evidence from the crime scene, an autopsy of Michael Brown’s body, and interviews with witnesses. For several months following the shooting and after the Grand Jury met, there was immense public speculation over whether Officer Wilson justifiably shot in self-defense or in racially motivated cold blooded murder. The ballistic evidence collected from the crime scene and from the autopsy corroborated Wilson’s story that he was justified in what transpired that fateful afternoon.

Normally there is an extreme amount of blood that is found at the scene in most self-inflicted gunshot suicides. Strangely, that afternoon in Fort Marcy Park there was little blood that was found on or around the Vincent Foster’s body. Even more bizarre was Doctor Donald Haut’s coroner report. Dr. Haut is the coroner for Fairfax County, Virginia and the only medical doctor that evaluated Foster’s body. Dr. Haut was quoted in the Fiske report as saying that he observed a large pool of blood around the body at the crime scene. Although Dr. Haut denies that he ever made a statement or was interviewed by a member of Fiske’s investigative team (Balough, 2015). Cory Ashford was one of the Fairfax County Emergency Medical Technicians that was on the scene that day. In fact, Ashford was one of the individuals that put Vincent Foster’s into a body bag at Fort Marcy Park. Cory Ashford told investigators that he did not use gloves nor did he have to wash his hands after putting Foster’s body into the body bag (Balough, 2015). Mr. Ashford was one of four medical technicians that were present at Fort Marcy Park that day and saw Vince Foster’s body. None of the four of them recall seeing a hole in the top or in the back of Foster’s skull but they do recall seeing a puncture wound on the lower right side of Foster’s neck. It was described as a hole approximately the size of a .22 caliber entrance wound. This fact was omitted from all of the reports. (Rodriguez, 1995).

The study of Organizational Behavior (OB) is related to individuals, group of people working together in teams. The study becomes more challenging when situational factors interact. No two individuals are likely to behave in the same manner in a particular work situation. It is the predictability of a manager about the expected behavior of an individual. There are no absolutes in human behavior. It is the human factor that is contributory to the productivity hence the study of human behavior is important. Great importance therefore must be attached to the study.

In opposition to this, the Washington examination reports demonstrate that the slug left from the neck. Their report affirmed the 'single projectile hypothesis' tended to by the Warren Commission whose conclusion was exceedingly reliant on this hypothesis. This hypothesis was that a shot had entered Kennedy's correct shoulder bone, wounded the strap muscles of the right half of the neck, harming the windpipe and making its passageway through the front of the neck, it had entered Governor Connelly's back, who had been situated before Kennedy, experienced his midsection taking out some piece of his fifth rib and falling his lung. The shot then went into his right wrist and afterward covered itself in his left thigh. In spite of the fact that there is medicinal proof to help this hypothesis, some accept that the shots way and speed couldn't have been conceivable. Indeed Governor Connelly accepted that the slug that injured Kennedy wasn't the same one answerable for his injuries.

The DOJ report mentioned that there appeared to be soot around the wound on the right hand which is “evidence of close range discharge of a firearm” (p. 9). The report listed eight gunshot wounds on Brown’s body. The DOJ concluded that six of the eight bullets that impacted Brown’s body entered through the front. The two bullets that were determined not to have entered through the front were the ones that struck the right arm and right forearm. The bullet to the right arm was concluded to have an “indeterminate trajectory” and the bullet to the right forearm entered through the back (p. 9). All but one of the gunshot wounds were found to be inflicted from a distance. The bullet that entered through the back of the forearm can be explained by Brown swinging his arm in the act of running towards Officer Wilson. This evidence supports Wilson’s statement that he fired at Brown not at close range, but while he was charging at him from a distance. It further shows that it was impossible that Michael Brown was shot in the back as some had previously

Witnesses at the crime scene said both that Brown had charged the Wilson in the car, and also said that Brown was never at all in the car. Witnesses described Browns movements in both two different ways again. The first way was that Brown charged Officer Wilson, and that was when Officer Wilson shot at him. The other way that was described was Brown did not charge at all and at one point had his hands in the air. The reason I bring up this case is because if Officer Wilson would have been wearing a body mounted camera, the jury would have been able to see what Browns movements were and also if Brown did indeed attack Wilson in the officer 's car. This evidence may or may not have changed the outcome of the case, and could have saved a young mans life.

On August 9, 2014 police officer Darren Wilson heard a call on his radio about a shoplifting in progress. It was then that Wilson proceeded on with his day only to encounter 18-year-old Michael Brown and 20-year-old Dorian Johnson were walking in the middle of the street; both of which matched the description of the call that had occurred earlier. The events of that day resulted in Brown’s death. This ultimately aggravated the citizens of Ferguson, who then protested in an effort to stand up for Brown who they believed was killed while surrendering. Considering all the evidence, the grand jury should not have indicted officer Wilson because the witness statements and the autopsy are in favor of what Wilson had reported.

Around 11:54 AM, Surveillance catches Mr. Brown stealing some cigarillos. Shortly after 12:00 PM, Officer Darren Wilson arrives, alone in his police vehicle. He starts speaking through his window and tells the two men, “Move to the sidewalk.” (Officer Wilson). He sees that Mr. Brown fits the description of a suspect in a convenience store theft. Somewhere in where Officer Wilson moves his vehicle out of traffic and to the side, he gets in an altercation with Mr. brown, who is right next to the window of the vehicle. Officer Wilson fires 2 shots from the inside of his vehicle. One barely hits Michael Brown on the thumb and the other completely missing him. “Mr. Brown runs east. Officer Wilson pursues him on foot. Mr. Brown stops and turns toward Officer Wilson, who also stops. Mr. Brown moves toward Officer Wilson, who fires several more shots. Mr. Brown is fatally wounded.” (Officer Wilson). After further investigations with this report, Officer Wilson said, “Mr. Brown reached into the vehicle and fought for my gun.” Some witnesses said Mr. Brown never moved toward Officer Wilson when he was shot and killed. Most of the witnesses said the shots were fired as he moved toward Officer

A key issue, in this case, was the purported location of the assassin at the time the shot was fired. Unfortunately, data regarding the trajectory of the bullet was unobtainable in this case since the dissection of the bullet’s path was not performed by Dr. Francisco during his autopsy, nor was it ever determined what Dr. King’s exact position was at the time of the shooting. However, based on eyewitness testimony at the time of impact, it was determined that the shooter fired from the bathroom window at the rear of a rooming house at 422 1/2 South Street in Memphis.