Interdisciplinary Aspect of Contemporary Organizational Behavior
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CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECTKRISTEL ROSE B. MAGLUYANPOLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINESGRADUATE SCHOOL
CONTEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
• TWO CHARACTERISTICS• Interdisciplinary in focus• Descriptive in nature
Interdisciplinary Aspect
• Organizational behavior is interdisciplinary in focus• It synthesizes relevant contents from various disciplines
in order to come up with organizational analysis• These disciplines are:• Psychology• Sociology• Anthropology• Political Science• Economics• Engineering
Psychology
• Psychology is the study of human mind and behavior• Unit of Analysis - Individual• Contributions to organizational behavior:• Individual differences• Motivation• Personality• Aptitude• Learning• Leadership effectiveness
Sociology
• Sociology is the systematic study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings
• Unit of Analysis – Group• Contributions to organizational behavior:• Formal Organization Theory• Organizational Technology• Organizational Change• Group Dynamics• Team Management
Anthropology
• Anthropology is the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.
• Unit of analysis – Organization System• Contributions to organizational behavior:• Comparative values• Comparative attitudes• Cross-cultural analysis• Organizational culture• Organizational environment
Political Science
• Political Science is a social science concerned chiefly with the description and analysis of political and especially governmental institutions and processes
• Unit of analysis – Organization System• Contributions to organizational behavior:• Conflicts• Intra-organizational politics
Economics
• Economics is a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
• Unit of analysis – Organization System• Contributions to organizational behavior:• Cost benefit analysis• Labor market dynamics• Productivity
Engineering
• Engineering is the application of science and mathematics by which the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people• Industrial Engineering - engineering that deals with the
design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems (as of people, materials, and energy) in industry
• Unit of analysis – Organization System• Contributions to industrial organization:• Work measurement• Work flow analysis and design
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