Talk:Organizational behavior

'''Topic:Organizational behavior From Wikiversity Jump to: navigation, search Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness.

An organization is a collection of people who work together to achieve a wide variety of goals, both goals of the various individuals in the organization and goals of the organization as a whole. Organizations exist to provide goods and services that people want. These goods and services are the products of the behaviors of workers.

Organizational behavior 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. Although many people assume that understanding human behavior in organizations is intuitive, many commonly held beliefs about behavior in organizations, such as the idea that a “happy worker is a productive worker,” are either entirely false or true only in specific situations. The study of organizational behavior provides a set of tools—concepts and theories—that help people understand, analyze, and describe what goes on in organizations and why. How do the characteristics of individuals, groups, work situations, and the organization itself affect how members feel about their organization?

The ability to use the tools of organizational behavior to understand behavior in organizations is one reason for studying this subject. A second reason is to learn how to apply these concepts, theories, and techniques to improve behavior in organizations so that individuals, groups, and organizations can achieve their goals. Managers are challenged to find new ways to motivate and coordinate employees to ensure that their goals are aligned with organizational goals.

Organizational Behavior addressess following points:

Organizational behavior studies the factors that impact individual and group behavior in organizations and how organizations manage their environments. Organizational behavior provides a set of tools—theories and concepts—to understand, analyze, describe, and manage attitudes and behavior in organizations.

The study of organizational can improve and change individual, group, and organizational behavior to attain individual, group, and organizational goals.

Organizational behavior can be analyzed at three levels: the individual, the group, and the organization as a whole. A full understanding must include an examination of behavioral factors at each level.

A manager’s job is to use the tools of organizational behavior to increase effectiveness, an organization’s ability to achieve its goal. Management is the process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an organization’s human, financial, material, and other resources to increase its effectiveness.

Part I: The Individual

• Ability & Learning • Values, Attitudes and Job Satisfaction • Personality & Emotions • Perception & Individual Decision Making • Basic Motivation Concepts • Motivation and its Applications

Part-II The Group

• Foundation of Group Behavior • Group and Team Work • Functions of Communication • Basic Approaches to Leadership • Contemporary Issues in Leadership • Power and Politics • Conflict and Negotiation

Part-III The Organization System

• Organizational Structure • Work design and Technology • HR Policies and Practices • Organizational Culture • Organizational Change • Stress Management

Macro-OB generally includes the study of organizations with a focus on structure, technology, organizational change, organizational learning, culture, decision-making, innovation and creativity, and so on.

Micro-OB on the other hand tends to focus more on inidividuals, groups/teams, and interpersonal issues such as motivation,''' personality, leadership, ethics, job design, power, politics, conflict, negotiations, and so on.

Contents [hide] 1 Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field 2 Psychology 3 Sociology 4 Social Psychology 5 Anthropology 6 Political Science 7 Learning Materials 8 Research 9 External Links


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{Organizational Behavior investigates the impact that ________, groups, and structure have on behavior within organizations. + individuals - companies - technologies - strategies
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Organizational Behavior studies the impact of individuals, groups, and structure.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on individuals, not companies.
 * Incorrect. The passage does not mention technologies in this context.
 * Incorrect. The passage does not mention strategies in this context.

{An organization is a collection of people who work together to achieve a wide variety of ________. + goals - products - strategies - tasks
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! Organizations work to achieve various goals.
 * Incorrect. While products might be a result, the correct term is "goals".
 * Incorrect. The passage mentions goals, not strategies.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on broader goals, not specific tasks.

{Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of human behavior in ________ settings. + organizational - social - individual - community
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! OB studies human behavior in organizational settings.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on organizational settings, not social ones.
 * Incorrect. OB studies behavior in organizations, not individual settings.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on organizational settings, not community ones.

{Many people assume that a “happy worker is a ________ worker,” but this belief can be false or true only in specific situations. + productive - satisfied - motivated - efficient
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! The saying is "a happy worker is a productive worker".
 * Incorrect. The passage specifically mentions "productive".
 * Incorrect. The saying is about productivity, not motivation.
 * Incorrect. The saying is about productivity, not efficiency.

{Organizational behavior provides a set of tools to understand, analyze, describe, and manage ________ and behavior in organizations. + attitudes - products - strategies - tasks
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! OB provides tools to manage attitudes and behavior.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on attitudes and behavior, not products.
 * Incorrect. The passage mentions attitudes and behavior, not strategies.
 * Incorrect. The focus is on attitudes and behavior, not tasks.

{Organizational behavior can be analyzed at three levels: the individual, the group, and the ________. + organization as a whole - community - team - society
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! These are the three levels of analysis in OB.
 * Incorrect. The community is not one of the levels of analysis in OB.
 * Incorrect. While teams can be part of the group level, the correct answer is the organization as a whole.
 * Incorrect. Society is not one of the levels of analysis in OB.

{A manager’s job is to use the tools of organizational behavior to increase ________, an organization’s ability to achieve its goal. + effectiveness - efficiency - productivity - profitability
 * type="[]"}
 * Correct! A manager's role is to increase the organization's effectiveness.
 * Incorrect. While related, the passage specifically mentions "effectiveness".
 * Incorrect. The focus is on effectiveness, not just productivity.
 * Incorrect. The passage mentions effectiveness, not profitability.