presented by: kamelia gulam
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Organizational Behavior (HUR 212) 1
Presented by: Kamelia Gulam
Chapter: 1What Is Organizational Behavior?
What Managers Do
They get things done through other people.
Management Activities:
Make decisions
Allocate resources
Direct activities of others to attain goals
Definition of Organizations
A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of
two or more people, that functions on a relatively
continuous basis to achieve a common goal or goals
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Discovered ten managerial roles
Separated into three groups:
Interpersonal
Informational
Decisional
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
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Essential Management Skills
Technical Skills
The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise
Human Skills
The ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups
Conceptual Skills
The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations
Luthans’ Study of Managerial
Activities Four types of managerial activity:
Traditional Management
Decision making, planning, and controlling
Communication
Exchanging routine information and processing paperwork
Human Resource Management
Motivating, disciplining, managing conflict, staffing and training
Networking
Socializing, politicking, and interacting with others
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Definition of Organizational
BehaviorStudies the influence that individuals,
groups and structure have on behavior
within organizations.
Chief Goal of OB:
To apply that knowledge toward
improving an organization’s
effectiveness.
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Definition of Organizational
Behavior Conti… Organizational Behavior?
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 particularly important to managers
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Complementing Intuition with
Systematic Study
Improves ability to predict behavior
Systematic study:
Examining relationships
Attempting to attribute causes and
effects
Basing conclusions on scientific
evidence
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Contributing Disciplines to OB
Field
Psychology
Sociology
Social Psychology
Anthropology
Many behavioral
sciences
have contributed
to the
development of
Organizational
Behavior
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Psychology
Psychology focuses on the individual level by
seeking to measure, explain, and sometimes
change behaviors in individuals. This area of
study offers insights in such areas as learning,
training, decision making, and employee
selection, work design ,and work stress.
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Social Psychology
Social Psychology
moves beyond individual
analysis to look at group
behavior and how
individuals can influence
on another. It blends
together sociology and
psychology and looks
primarily at change,
communication, and
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Sociology
.
Sociology looks at the
relationship between
individuals and their
environment. Sociologists’
main contribution to OB is
through offering a better
understanding of group
behavior. It looks more at
how a group operates within
an organizational system.
One key area that
sociologists contribute to in
OB is culture, a key factor in
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Anthropology
An Anthropologist studies
societies to learn about the
human beings and their
activities. They help us
understand the differences
between different groups in
terms of their values,
attitudes, and behaviors.
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Challenges and Opportunities for OB
In the workplace today, there are many challenges and opportunities in the area of Organizational Behavior. Understanding OB has never been more important for managers as organizations are changing at a much more rapid pace than historically seen.
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Challenges and Opportunities
for OB Cont..
Responding to Globalization
Typical employee is getting older
More women in the workplace
Responding to Economic Pressures
Managing Workforce Diversity
Improving Quality and Productivity
Improving Customer Service
Improving People Skills
Stimulating Innovation and Change
Coping with “Temporariness”
Working in Networked Organizations
Helping Employees Balance Work-Life Conflicts
Creating a Positive Work Environment
Improving Ethical Behavior
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Responding to Globalization
Increased foreign assignments
Working with people from different cultures
Overseeing movement of jobs to countries
with low-cost labor
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Managing Diversity
Workforce
diversity:
organizations are
becoming a more
heterogeneous mix of
people in terms of
gender, age, race,
ethnicity, and sexual
orientation
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Diversity Implications
Managers have to shift their philosophy
from treating everyone alike to recognizing
differences and responding to those
differences in ways that ensure employee
retention and greater productivity while, at
the same time, not discriminating.
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OB offers Insights to Improve
Quality and Productivity
Customer Service and a Customer-
responsive culture
People skills
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OB Aids Dealing with
Stimulating Innovation and Change
Coping with “Temporariness”
Helping employees balance work-life
conflicts
Improving ethical behavior
Creating a Positive Work Environment
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OB MODEL
The Dependent Variables
Productivity
Absence
Turnover
Job Satisfaction
Deviant Workplace Behavior
Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB)
Independent Variables
Individual-Level Variables
Group –Level Variables
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Implications for Managers
Improve people skills
See the value of workforce diversity
Improve quality and productivity
Provide suggestions for meeting
chronic labor shortages
Cope in a world of temporariness
Offer guidance in creating an ethically
healthy work environment
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