Lecture OB 2

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Organizational Behaviour



• Overt & Covert

response &

pattern of

behavior

• Positive or

Negative

Satisfaction &

dissatisfaction

• Perceptual filters,

like hearing,

seeing &

emotional factors

personality

attitude, etc

• Overt & Covert

Stimuli that are

present in the

Environment

Stimulus

Organism

BehaviourConsequence



Stimulus: is any event that happens in the environment, itcan be a sound(like someone shouting) a scene(a caraccident, a fight. etc...), events(like receiving a paycheck).

Organism: is a person, so in OB you can consider that to be

an employee or an employer. Behavior: the organism behavior and response in regardsto the stimulus( for example a child(Organism) may hit(Behavior) his brother after seeing a violentmovie(Stimulus).

Consequence: is the outcome that comes after thebehavior, it either reinforces(thus repeated) the behavioror punished(thus not repeated). In the child examplepreviously mentioned, his mother canreprimand(Consequence: punishment) him for doing whathe did.



Refers to the manner in which a personexperience the world.

It is the process by which people organize,

interpret & experience ideas & use stimulusmaterials in the environment so that they satisfy their needs.

It involves deciding which information to notice,how to categorize this information & how tointerpret it with in the framework of ourexisting knowledge .



External factors :- The perception process isinfluenced by external factors, which may beobjects & situations .

- Size- Situations- Repetition

- Objects- Novelty - Motion

- Familiarity



Internal Factors :- Internal factors arewithin the personal control of the

perceivers. They are based on thefollowing :-- Psychological Set-up

- Personality - Motivation- Learning

- Economic & Social Background



The process of perception isreceiving,selecting,organising,interpreting,ch

ecking & reacting to stimuli. It is like a Input-Throughput-Output

process. Input – Stimuli Throughput – transformation of ‘ inputs’ via

selection,organisation & interpretation Outputs – ultimate behaviour & action.



InputsThrough

putsOutputs

Stimuli

Selection-Organization-Interpretation

Action

Perceptual Process



Receiving Stimuli Selection of Stimuli

Organization of stimuli Interpretation Action



It is the process by which people group stimuli into recognizablepatterns .

Selection gives way to organization & the stimuli selected forattention now appear as a whole.

Certain factors as follows helps in understanding the perceptualOrganization :-Ambiguous figures- Figure background- Figure Ground- Perceptual Grouping

i) Similarity ii) Proximity iii) closureiv) Continuity v) Area



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