Professional Documents
Culture Documents
What Managers Do
Allocate resources
Direct activities of others to attain goals
Gary Johns: are social inventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts
Management Functions
Planning
Organizing
Management Functions
Controlling
Leading
Management Skills
HIDDEN ASPECTS
Attitude Perception Group Norms Informal Interactions Personal & Inter Group Conflicts
Basic OB Model
Environment
Government Compensation Social pressure
Structure
Jobs Relationships
OB
Technology
Machinery Computer Hardware and software
Custodial
Economic Resources Money
Supportive Collegial
Leadership Partnership
Authority
Support
Team work
Obedience
Dependence on Boss
Subsistence
Minimum
Passive cooperation
Autocratic The
basis of this model is power with a managerial orientation of authority. The employees in turn are oriented towards obedience and dependence on the boss. The employee need that is met is subsistence. The performance result is minimal.
Custodial The
basis of this model is economic resources with a managerial orientation of money. The employees in turn are oriented towards security and benefits and dependence on the organization. The employee need that is met is security. The performance result is passive cooperation.
Collegial The
basis of this model is partnership with a managerial orientation of teamwork. The employees in turn are oriented towards responsible behavior and self-discipline. The employee need that is met is self-actualization. The performance result is moderate enthusiasm.
Definition: The study of human behavior, attitudes, and performance in organizations. The study of human and group behavior within organizational settings. The study of organization behavior involves looking at the attitudes, interpersonal relationships, performance, productivity, job satisfaction, and commitment of employees, as well as levels of organizational commitment and industrial relations.
Organizational behavior is defined as the actions and attitudes of people in organizations. Definition of Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior is the science of studying the effects of human behavior on achieving organizational goals.
Organizational behaviour is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how individuals and groups respond to and act in organizations and how organizations manage their environments. OB provides the knowledge base for understanding behaviour within organisations.
A field of study that specifically focuses on the impact that people have on organisational effectiveness and efficiency. Organizational Behaviour 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 toward improving an organizations effectiveness