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    Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals and groups act in organizations. The document defines OB and outlines the major topics covered, including what managers do, their functions and roles, skills needed, and challenges they face. It also describes the contributing disciplines to OB like psychology, sociology, and anthropology and how understanding OB can help managers meet challenges in areas such as diversity, innovation, and ethics.

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    Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals and groups act in organizations. The document defines OB and outlines the major topics covered, including what managers do, their functions and roles, skills needed, and challenges they face. It also describes the contributing disciplines to OB like psychology, sociology, and anthropology and how understanding OB can help managers meet challenges in areas such as diversity, innovation, and ethics.

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    Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals and groups act in organizations. The document defines OB and outlines the major topics covered, including what managers do, their functions and roles, skills needed, and challenges they face. It also describes the contributing disciplines to OB like psychology, sociology, and anthropology and how understanding OB can help managers meet challenges in areas such as diversity, innovation, and ethics.

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    ORGANIZATIONAL

    BEHAVIOR

    WHAT IS ORGANIATIONAL
    BEHAVIOR
    After this lecture you should be able to

    1. Define organizational behavior (OB).


    2. Describe what managers do.
    3. Explain the value of the systematic study of OB.
    4. List the major challenges and opportunities for
    managers to use OB concepts.
    5. Identify the contributions made by major behavioral
    science disciplines to OB.
    6. Describe why managers require a knowledge of OB.
    7. Explain the need for a contingency approach to the
    study of OB.
    What Managers Do

    Managerial
    ManagerialActivities
    Activities
    ••Make
    Makedecisions
    decisions
    ••Allocate
    Allocateresources
    resources
    ••Direct
    Directactivities
    activitiesof
    ofothers
    others
    to
    toattain
    attaingoals
    goals
    What’s a Manager Anyway?
    Some Alternative Definitions
    • Traditional: Person who plans, directs people
    and resources.
    • New Organization: Person who supports,
    coaches, coordinates, and leads.
    • Peter Principle: A person promoted to their
    level of incompetence.
    • Dilbert’s Principle: The most ineffective
    workers are systematically moved where they
    can do the least damage: to management.
    Where Managers Work
    Management Functions

    Planning
    Planning Organizing
    Organizing

    Management
    Management
    Functions
    Functions

    Controlling
    Controlling Leading
    Leading
    Management Functions (cont’d)
    Management Functions (cont’d)
    Management Functions (cont’d)
    Management Functions (cont’d)
    Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
    Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
    (cont’d)
    Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
    (cont’d)
    Management Skills
    Effective Versus Successful
    Managerial Activities (Luthans)
    1.
    1.Traditional
    Traditionalmanagement
    management
    ••Decision
    Decisionmaking,
    making,planning,
    planning,and
    andcontrolling
    controlling

    2.
    2.Communications
    Communications
    ••Exchanging
    Exchangingroutine
    routineinformation
    informationand
    andprocessing
    processing
    paperwork
    paperwork

    3.
    3.Human
    Humanresource
    resourcemanagement
    management
    ••Motivating,
    Motivating,disciplining,
    disciplining,managing
    managingconflict,
    conflict,staffing,
    staffing,
    &&training
    training

    4.
    4.Networking
    Networking
    ••Socializing,
    Socializing,politicking,
    politicking,and
    andinteracting
    interactingwith
    withothers
    others
    Allocation of Activities by Time
    Enter Organizational Behavior
    Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
    Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
    (cont’d)
    Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
    (cont’d)
    Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
    (cont’d)
    Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
    (cont’d)
    Challenges and Opportunity for OB

    • Responding to Globalization
    • Managing Workforce Diversity
    • Improving Quality and Productivity
    • Responding to the Labor Shortage
    • Improving Customer Service
    Challenges and Opportunity for OB
    (cont’d)
    • Improving People Skills
    • Empowering People
    • Stimulation Innovation and Change
    • Helping Employees Balance Work/Life
    Conflicts
    • Improving Ethical Behavior
    Basic OB Model, Stage I
    The Dependent Variables

    x
    The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
    The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
    The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
    The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
    The Independent Variables

    Independent
    Independent
    Variables
    Variables

    Individual-Level Group-Level Organization


    Organization
    Individual-Level Group-Level System-Level
    Variables
    Variables Variables
    Variables System-Level
    Variables
    Variables

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