What
is Organizational Behavior?
Organization
Behavior is field of
study that investigates the impact that individuals, group and structure have a
behavior within the organization for improving effectiveness.
It is the study of behavior, not only of manager,
but also employers given factors that influences such behavior within the organization
itself – given that every employee is a unique individual.
“Organizational Behavior goals –explain,
predict and control behavior”
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Contributing
Disciplines to Organizational Behavior Field:
1. Psychology
a. Learning
b. Motivation
c. Personality
d. Emotion
e. Perception
f.
Training
g. Leadership effectiveness
h. Job satisfaction
i.
Individual
decision making
j.
Performance
appraisal
k. Attitude measurement
l.
Employee
selection
m. Work design
n. Work stress
2. Sociology
a. Group dynamics
b. Work teams
c. Communications
d. Power
e. Conflict
f.
Integrated
behavior
g. Formal organizational theory
h. Organizational technology
i.
Organizational
change
j.
Organizational
culture
3. Social Psychology
a. Behavioral change
b. Attitude change
c. Communication
d. Group process
e. Group decision making
4. Anthropology
a. Comparative values
b. Comparative attitudes
c. Cross-cultural analysis
d. Organizational culture
e. Organizational environment
5. Political Science
a. Conflict
b. Intra-organizational politics
c. Power
Challenges
and Opportunities for Organizational Behavior:
1. Responding to Globalization
2. Managing workforce diversity
3. Improving quality and productivity
4. Responding to labor shortages
5. Improving customer services
6. Improving people’s skills
7. Empowering people
8. Coping temporariness
9. Stimulating Innovation
10. Helping employees’ work and life conflicts
11. Improving ethical behavior
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