Organizational behavior its nature and importance

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE

1. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE Submitted by ANANDAN.B

2. INTRODUCTION Organizational behavior are social systems. If one wishes to work in them or to manage them, it is necessary to understand how they operate. Organizations combine science and people – technology and humanity. Unless we have qualified people to design and implement, techniques alone will not produce desirable results. Human behavior in organizations rather unpredictable .

3. Cntd…… It is unpredictable because it arises from people’s deep-seated needs and value systems. However, it can be partially understood in terms of the framework of behavioral science, management and other disciplines. There is no idealistic solution to organizational problems. All that can be done is to increase our understanding and skills so that human relations at work can be enhanced.

4. Famous quotes about ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR >“The organization is above all social. It is people.” Peter Drucker >“People are the key” – Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart and the richest person in the world when he died

5. Definition Organizational behavior, is “… a study and application of knowledge about human behavior – as individuals and in groups – in organizations – strives to identify ways in which people can act more effectively.” “The understanding, prediction and management of human behavior in organizations .” Is an applied science- best practices in one organizations can be communicated to others.

6. What is Organizational Behavior ?

7. Behavioral Theories They identified behaviors that differentiated effective leaders’ from ineffective leaders. Based on these people could be trained to be leaders. The following are three types of behavioral styles of leadership I) Autocratic Style: A leader who tended to centralize authority, dictate work methods, make unilateral decision and limit employee participation ii) Democratic Style: A leader who tended to involve employees in decision making to delegate authority, to encourage participation in deciding work methods and goals, and to use feedback as an opportunity for coaching employees iii) Laissez-faire style: A leader who generally gave the group complete freedom to make decision and complete the work in whatever way it saw fit.

8. Why should we study Organizational Behavior & its needs and importance Organizational Behavior Research Understand organizational events Predict organizational events Influence organizational events 8

9. Cntnd……. Describe how people behave under a variety of conditions Understand why people behave as they do Predict future employee behavior Control and develop human activity at work to improve productivity, skill improvement, team effort, etc

10. Cntnd…….. To learn about ourselves and others To understand how the many organizations we encounter work. To become familiar with team work To help us think about the people issues faced by managers and entrepreneurs

11. BASIC LEVELS OF OB INDIVIDUAL LEVEL GROUP LEVEL ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL

12. Individual level In individual level, organizational behaviour involves the study of learning, perception, creativity, motivation, personality, turnover, task performance, cooperative behaviour, deviant behaviour, ethics, and cognition. At this level of analysis, organizational behaviour draws heavily upon psychology, engineering, and medicine. A study of organizational behaviour at the individual level of analysis might focus on the impact of different types of overhead lighting on such factors as productivity and absenteeism .

13. Group level At the group level of analysis, organizational behaviour involves the study of group dynamics, intra- and inter group conflict and cohesion, leadership, power, norms, interpersonal communication, networks, and roles. At this level of analysis, organizational behaviour draws upon the sociological and socio-psychological sciences A study of how different personality types correspond to different leadership styles and levels of results operates at the group level of analysis.

14. Organizational level At the organization level of analysis, organizational behaviour involves the study of topics, such as, organizational culture, organizational structure, cultural diversity, inter-organizational cooperation and conflict, change, technology, and external environmental forces. At this level of analysis, organizational behaviour draws upon anthropology and political science.

15. Elements of OB in an Organization PEOPLE People make up the internal social system of the organization. They consist of individuals and groups, and large groups as well as small ones. People are the living, thinking, feelings beings who created the organizations. It exists to achieve their objectives. JOB AND TASK’s Job refers to the sum total of an individual’s assignment at the workplace. Tasks refer to the various activities that need to be performed to get the job done. The nature of tasks, it’s executives by various individuals, nature of interdependence and inter-relatedness, group activities etc have implication for organizational effectiveness. Thus the jobs and tasks have to be designed and managed properly.

16. Cntnd………. STRUCTUURE Structure defines the official relationships of people in organizations. Different jobs are required to accomplish all of an organization’s activities. There are managers and employees, accountants and assemblers. TECHNOLOGY Organizations have technologies for transforming inputs and outputs. These technologies consist of physical objects, activities and process, knowledge, all of which are brought to bear on raw materials labor and capital inputs during a transformation process.

17. Nature of OB An inter-disciplinary approach The OB is heavily influenced by several other behavioral sciences and social sciences like psychology, Sociology and anthropology. OB has psychological foundations. The concept like learning, perception, attitude, motivation etc. is borrowed from psychology, sociology and anthropology A Normative Science Organizational behavior is a normative science. A normative science prescribes how the various findings of researches can be applied to get organizational results, which are acceptable to the society .

18. Cntnd……….. A Science and Art Organization behavior is both art and science. It is considered as art because it contains knowledge about behavior of individuals. It is considered as science because it involves application of science. Humanistic and Optimistic Approach Organizational behavior focuses the attention on people from humanistic point of view. It is based on the belief that needs and motivation of people are of high concern.

19. Conclusion Organizational behavior (OB),is, put simply the study of how people behave in organizations .Organizational behavior is a social science its findings are based on data obtained through systematic study .People who study and apply OB hope to enhance worker well being and organizational effectiveness by applying psychological and human system knowledge. REFERENCE : Organizational behavior , RAE (STS 520)

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