Individuals in organization

Individuals in organization

1. Individuals in Organization Dr. G C Mohanta , BE, MSc( Engg ), MBA, PhD(Mgt) Professor

2. Individuals in Organization The individuals play an important role in the functioning of the organization. The members of an organization must be induced, coerced or forced to participate in it. People participate in the organizations when they are going to gain something out of them. The desire for remuneration in cash or kind, prestige or to show skills already acquired, represent some of the motives of the people in participating in organizations.

3. Individuals in Organization (Contd.) People tend to identify themselves with the organization in which they participate. There is a close affinity between people’s motives on one hand & their identification with the organization on the other. The degree of their identification with the organization depends on the nature and intensity of the motives for participating in them .

4. Individuals in Organization (Contd.) The individual’s identification with the organization is stronger if: a number of individual needs are satisfied in it, the organization goals are perceived as shared, the prestige of the organization is perceived to be the greater, there is greater frequency of interaction in the organization and there is less competition within the organization.

5. Individuals in Organization (Contd.) The individual motives play an important role in the fulfilment of organization goals. People cannot work in organization without any motives, purposes or thinking. They do not work in an automatically or mechanically or in impulsive manner. The success of an organization depends not only on the proper coordination and cooperation of its members but also on the cooperation of others. The others must also be made to contribute to the smooth functioning of the organization.

6. Individuals in Organization (Contd.) An organization is said to have attained equilibrium when it is able to maintain the continued contribution of all its participants –members and others by providing them various kinds of inducements to work for its success. Equilibrium may be achieved at various levels. It may change over time. The scope of the organization’s activities may remain constant or may grow or diminish at another level.

7. Individuals in Organization (Contd.) Individuals make up the society called the company, corporation. These individuals will act alone and in groups. There can also be interaction between just two people, between one person and a group, and between two groups. How these individuals and groups interact will determine organizational culture and as a result will behave in a specific manner based on the organization itself, i.e., how the goals, purpose, etc. of the entity are supposed to operate.