Chapter 4..... OB Introduction and Management

Dr. M M Bagali, PhD in Management and HRM, with a robust foundation in Organisational Structure and Analytical Skills, my role as Head of the Management Program is to foster transformative leadership and strategic thinking among aspiring managers. At the intersection of academia and industry, my efforts converge on delivering comprehensive HR and Management education, guiding PhD candidates, and steering research initiatives that resonate with current business paradigms. As a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, I contribute to shaping management discourse on a global platform. My commitment extends to integrating scholarly insights with practical applications, thereby enhancing the dialogue between educational institutions and the business community. My strategic approach not only informs future leaders but also influences the evolution of management practices worldwide. The ppt deals with - Human Resources Development - HRD- 24 years; International Human Resources Management - IHRM - 22 years; Strategic Human Resources Management - SHRM - 22 years; Organisational Behaviour-OB / Organisational Effectiveness - 20 years; Recruitment, Selection and Engagement- 18 years; HR Research Perspective and Approaches- 15 years.

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1. 1
Organisational B’Haviour
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Course Teacher
Dr. MM Bagali, PhD
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Chapter 4…..
Introduction: Organizational Behaviour:
Introduction, definition,
fundamental principles of OB, contributing
disciplines, challenges and opportunities.
Evolution & Organizational Behavior in India.

2. session 1: organizational behavior?
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3. •What is Organizational Behaviour?
•Course Introduction !!
•Student Introductions !!
Today’s Agenda
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4. •Someone studied Psychology
•Someone studied Human Resources
•Someone studied Human Behavior
•Someone studied Human Relations
Retro ….
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5. What is
Organizational
Behaviour?
•It’s the study
•It’s an approach
•It’s an discipline
•It’s an science
•It’s a tool
•etc etc !!
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6. Focus !!
Organizational Behavior studies the influence that individuals,
groups and structure have on behavior within organizations
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7. Focus !!
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8. Focus !!
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9. Focus !!
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10. •Getting initial insights into fundamental
theories of organizational behaviour
•What falls under the domain of
organizational behaviour?
•What are some academic views on the
behaviour of people in organizations?
•What is the purpose of OB?
•Focuses on principles of behaviour in
organizations
•Can help students to develop their
personal “management philosophy,”
•Does NOT intend to offer “action
plans” or “action scripts” on solving
specific organizational problems
•Make you reflect on your assumptions about
organizations and their members
(“scientific mindfulness”)
Insights into
Organizational
Behaviour?
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11. Developing competencies for Business:
An OB perspective
Insights into
Organizational
Behaviour?
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12. Realities of Business
Global
Competitive
Uncertainty
Speed
Quality
Efficiency
Effectiveness,
Et al
Insights into
Organizational
Behaviour?
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13. 1.Which knowledge of organizational
behavior?
2.How does knowing about organizational
behavior make work and life more
understandable?
OB knowledge
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14. •To learn about yourself and how to deal
with others
(knowing how you work will help you
understand how others work)
•You are part of an organization now, and
will continue to be a part of various
organizations
(this class is an organization, your team
will be an organization)
Why Do We Study OB?
Organizations are increasingly expecting
individuals to be able to work in teams, at
least some of the time
(committees, groups, councils)
Some of you may want to be managers or
entrepreneurs or CEO’s
(have to supervise or deal with other
people)
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15. Challenges

of
Organizational
Behaviour?
Challenges
•Businesses do not have a
Department of Organizational
Behavior … but neither do they
have a Department of Economics
•Organizations do not have
behave, people do
•OB covers a wide range of topics:
Is it fuzzy?
•OB skills are soft skills … but how
are soft skills different from hard
skills?
•What does OB uniquely
contribute (relative to other
disciplines)?
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16. Opportunities

for
Organizational
Behaviour?
Opportunities
•Business do have leaders, team
leader, organizational changes
specialists, HR managers, and
management trainees
•People behave differently in
organizations than they do
outside or organizations
•“Good” OB research uses
rigorous methods (e.g.,
experiments, statistical analyses
•Is the organizational context
unique?
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17. What is OB? 



Historical
Perspective or
It Just
Happened That
Way
•Personnel administration as a
precursor
•Whyte (1956): “Organization man”
•Chris Argyris (1957): first use of
the term “OB”
•Hal Leavitt (1963): “Social Science
of Organizations”
•More books in the 1960s
•Departments of Organizational
Behavior in the U.S in the late
1960s (faculty from various
disciplines)
•1970s: Academy of Management
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18. What is OB? 



Historical
Perspective or
It Just
Happened That
Way
•1980 Applied Psychology
•1990’s Organizational Psychology
•Now,
•OB
•Human Relations study
•Human Behavior science
Presently,
HRD
HRM
HR
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19. Macro-OB
Variables
•Primarily considered a property of
organisations
•structural - spans of control, chains
of command, hierarchical
differentiation, formalization,
standardization, decentralization,
organizational subunits, power
distributions, demographic
distributions
•technologies, tasks, workflows
•attributes of external environments
•functional organizational practices
and policies
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20. Micro-OB
Variables
Mainly (but not exclusively) studied at the
individual level of analysis
•recruiting, selection, job design,
organizational socialization, performance
appraisal, management development
•top management team behavior
•organizational citizenship
•superior-subordinate relationships,
conformity to formal authority
•organizational boundary spanning,
coordination, integration

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21. Micro-OB
Variables
Mainly (but not exclusively) studied at the
individual level of analysis
•organizational learning and sense making
processes, organizational problem-solving,
conflict and decision-making
•organizationally induced stress
•relevant individual dispositions:
achievement and power motivation,
authoritarianism, affective orientation,
dominance, attraction and power
motivation, roles, tolerance for
bureaucratic control and susceptibility to
conformity pressures
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22. When OB is
practised
Preliminary level
Intermediate level
Advanced Level

23. How OB is
practised



Contributing Discipline

24. Toward an OB Discipline

25. Beauty of OB
•Improving quality and productivity
•Customer service and building a
customer-responsive culture
•Developing people skills
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26. Dangers of OB
•Impossible to make simple and
accurate generalizations
•Human beings are complex and
diverse
•OB concepts must reflect
situational conditions: contingency
variables
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27. B School ask for 3 questions, so to the
corporate : 
•Who are you
•What have you done 
•What do you want
Foundation of
individual
behavior
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28. The First deals with : Values, priority,
interest, background and curiosity
•Who are you
•Personal values and character
•Self assessment
•Role models
•Leadership styles
•Cross cultural experience 
Foundation of
individual
behavior
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29. Second deal with : your behavior in
past; experience; SWOT
•What have you done( Your behavior)
•leadership roles and experience
•Organisational impact and
transformation
•Group dynamics and team work
•Initiatives
•Significant achievements
•Failures and disappointments
•ethical dilemma
Foundation of
individual
behavior
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30. Third: Dreams and aspirations
•What do you want
•Career progress
•Short-Long term goals
Foundation of
individual
behavior
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31. Why all this : 
•Upbringing
•Motivation
•Culture
•Values in life
•A Since of self
•Maturity
•Ego / Attitude,
•etc……..
Vision of OB
thank you all
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