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What is an Organization?An organization is a collection of people who work together to achieve individual and organizational goals.Individual goalsOrganizational goals

Individual goals are what people are trying to accomplish for themselves such as earning a lot of money, achieving power and prestige, and enjoying work.

Organizational goals are what the organization as a whole is trying to accomplish such as providing innovative products and services to customers, making a profit, and achieving high levels of market share.

1Presentation on Organization Organizational Behavior SAUD MUSTAFA 2011-ee-190SAFWAN ALI ZAIDI 2011-ee-294Haseeb ur Rehman 2011-ee-048What is Organizational Behavior?Organizational behavior(OB) is "the study ofhuman behaviorin organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itselfoR the study of factors that have an impact on how people and groups act, think, feel, and respond to work and organizations, and how organizations respond to their environments

OB is important to study because most people will work for or with someone else at some point and will be affected both positively and negatively by their experiences at work.

IKEAs Global Approach to OBIKEA strives to increase employees skills and knowledgeIKEA provides employees with rewards that encourage high performance IKEA encourages employee commitment and cooperation

Levels of AnalysisGroup Level

Individual LevelOrganizational LevelComponents of Organizational BehaviorWhat is Management?Management is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an organizations human, financial, material, and other resources to increase its effectiveness

Four Functions of ManagementPlanningDecide on organizational goalsand allocate and use resources to achieve those goalsOrganizingEstablish the rules and reporting relationships thatallow people to achieve organizational goalsControllingEvaluate how well theorganization is achieving goals and take action to maintain, improve, and correctperformanceLeadingEncourage and coordinate individuals and groups so that they work toward organizational goals 1-10Challenges and Opportunities for OB The workplace is contains a wide mix of cultures, races, ethnic groups, genders and agesEmployees have to learn to cope with rapid change due to global competitionCorporate loyalty has decreased due to corporate downsizing and use of temp workersManagers can benefit from OB theory and concepts