ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR

ORGANIZE BEHAVE

Course Contents

Course Contents…

Marks Distribution

CONTROL

STAFF

ORGANIZE

PLAN

DIRECT

MANAGEMENT

FUNCTIONS

LEAD

Organize organization

• To put in order for specific objective/s.• It is the process of bringing together

physical, financial and human resources and developing productive relationship amongst them for achievement of organizational goals.

Organization

• A social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals. 

Behavior

• A response of an individual or group to an action, environment, person, or stimulus.

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR OB

OB seeks to emphasize the understanding of behavior in organizations so as to develop

competencies in foreseeing how peopleare likely to behave. This knowledge maythen help in controlling those behaviorsthat are not befitting the objectives ofthe organizations.

Knowledge base of OB

Scope of OB• OB is inter-disciplinary field of study. It tries to

synthesize knowledge drawn from various behavioural and social sciences such as Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Political-science, Economics, etc. In fact, OB is an applied behavioral sciences.

• OB contains a body of theory, research and application associated with a growing concern for people at the work place. It helps in understanding human behavior in work organizations.

• The scope of OB involves three levels of behaviour in organizations: individuals, groups and structure.

Scope of OB• Organizational Behaviour is concerned with the

understanding, prediction and control of human behaviour in organizations. It focuses on the individuals, the groups and the organization and also on their interactive relationships.

• OB is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an organisation’s effectiveness

• OB is a part of general management and not the whole of management. It represents behavioral approach to management