By: Salim ShirzaiMBA

OB Chap 1 An Introduction to Organizational Behaviour

Introduction

Definition of Organizational Behavior

The History of Organizational Behavior

The nature of Organizational Behavior

Goals of Organizational Behavior

Dynamics and Ever Changing Forces Shaping Organizational Behavior

Interdisciplinary Influences

The Organizational Context

Organizational Structure

Organizational Process

Emerging Employment Relationship

Outline

• Human behavior in organizations is complex and often difficult to understand. Organization have been described as clockworks (which reflect its orderly and idealized view) in which people behave in an orderly logical and rational manner. Why do people behave in the way they do? Why are some organizations more successful than others?

Introduction

• Organization Behavior (OB) is the systematic study of the actions and attitudes that people exhibit within organization.

• The term organization behavior is defined by Stephen P Robbins as a field of study that investigates the impact of individuals, groups and structure on behavior within organization for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an organization’s effectiveness: – It is a field of study with a common body of knowledge

– It studies three determinants of behavior in organization, individuals, groups and structures.

– It applies the knowledge gained about individuals, groups and the effect of structure on behavior.

Definition of Organizational Behavior

• The history of organizational behviour is the result of an evolutionary process as following:

1. Early contributions from antiquity (ancient time) such as the holy bible, the organization of the Roman Catholic Church, the public life in ancient Greece, the Chinese State.

2. The early practice of Management: Adam Smith the founding father of Economics did not recognize practicing managers as agents of production. In the writing of Adam Smith only land, labour and capital were viewed as specific agent of production. In 19th century that economists such as J.B say added the entrepreneurial concept as an ingredient of production.

The History of Organizational Behavior

• Industrial Revolution

• It has been since the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century that relatively large numbers of individuals have been required to work together in manager-subordinate relationships. Prior to IR organizations were like military ones in which the authority of the leader was unquestioned.

• Toylor’s Contribution to Scientific Management

• The great industrialist was primarily concerned with overall managerial organization for their companies to survive and prosper. The scientific management movement around the turn of the century took a narrower operations perspective.

The nature of Organizational Behavior

Goals of Organizational Behavior

Dynamics and Ever Changing Forces Shaping Organizational Behavior

Interdisciplinary Influences

The Organizational Context

Organizational Structure

Organizational Process

Emerging Employment Relationship

• M K Sehgal and Vandana Khetarpal (2013), Business Communication Second Edition, New Delhi

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