Organizational Behavior

People Are an Organization’s Most Important Assets

What is an Organization? An organization is a collection of people who work together to achieve individual and organizational goals. 5

WHY OB

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Major Workforce Diversity Categories Domestic Partners Race Non-Christian National Origin Age Disability E X H I B I T 1–4 Gender

Exhibit 1-2 Toward an OB Discipline Social psychology Psychology Behavioural science Contribution Unit of analysis Output Anthropology Sociology Political science Study of Organizational Behaviour Organization system Learning Motivation Perception Training Leadership effectiveness Job satisfaction Individual decision making Performance appraisal Attitude measurement Employee selection Work design Work stress Group dynamics Work teams Communication Power Conflict Intergroup behaviour Formal organization theory Organizational technology Organizational change Organizational culture Conflict Intraorganizational politics Power Organizational culture Organizational environment Behavioural change Attitude change Communication Group processes Group decision making Group Comparative values Comparative attitudes Cross-cultural analysis Individual

Exhibit 1-1 Challenges Facing the Workplace Workplace Organizational Level • Productivity • Developing Effective Employees • Global Competition • Managing in the Global Village Group Level • Working With Others • Workforce Diversity Individual Level • Job Satisfaction • Empowerment • Behaving Ethically

Exhibit 1-3 Basic OB Model, Stage I Organization systems level Group level Individual level

Exhibit 1-4 Basic OB Model, Stage II Ability Human input Values and attitudes Motivation Individual decision making Personality Perception Biographical characteristics Leadership Work design and technology Organizational culture Change and stress Group decision making Other groups Conflict Power and politics Work teams Individual Level Group Level Organization Systems Level Communication Group structure Human resource policies and practices Organization structure and design Individual Differences Satisfaction Organizational commitment Turnover Absence Productivity Workplace interaction Human output

Exhibit 1-5 Competing Values Framework Flexibility Control Internal Focus External Focus

Elements of ob People .Individuals .Group Environment .Government .Competition .Social Technology .Machinery .Copm. hard & soft. Structure .Jobs .Relationship OB

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Contribution to various disciplines of ob

Study of OB Individual Group Organizations Perception Personality Motivation Training P A Job Satisfact. Psychology Group ,Team Communi. Conflict Org.change, structure Attit.& beh. Change Group process & decision making Indi.Org.culture & Env. Org. Power Politics Sociology Social Psychology Anthropology Political science

Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d) Sociology The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings

Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d) Social Psychology An area within psychology that blends concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence of people on one another

Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d) Anthropology The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities

personality

determinants Individual personality Biological Others Cultural Situational Family & Social

Big Five Traits of Personality

perception

process Perceptual Inputs Perceptual Mechanisms Perceptual Outputs Individual Receiving Selecting Organizing Interpreting Actions

Factors that influence the perception Perception Factors in situation Social setting, Organizational setting Factors in perceiver Needs and Motives, Experience, Current psychological state Factors in target Status, Size, Contrast,