Abstract Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. That is, it interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving human objectives, organizational objectives, and social objectives. Organizations are social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. The basic characteristics of organizations are that they involve the coordinated efforts of people working together to accomplish common goals. They are open systems that take inputs from the external environment, transform some of these inputs, and send them back into the environment as outputs. The external environment includes all the events and conditions surrounding the organization that influence this process. Major components of the environment include the economy, customers, suppliers, competitors, social/political factors, and existing technologies. Organizational behavior refers to the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in an organizational context. The field of organizational behavior systematically studies these attitudes and behavior and provides advice about how organizations can manage them effectively. The goals of the field include the prediction, explanation, and management of organizational behavior. Management is the art of getting things accomplished in organizations through others. It consists of acquiring, allocating, and utilizing physical and human resources to accomplish goals. Personality is important for organizational behavior because there are a lo... ... middle of paper ... ...nd react more negatively to this stress. Studying organizational behavior this quarter has brought new meaning to the term. I have learned so much about organizational behavior to last a lifetime. Presently at my organization we are having a lot of personal conflict. Personalities are clashing and people are not communicating to get their jobs done effectively. Communicating a long with having respect for other people's opinions is the key to any organization being successful. References J. D. Neal and Associates, Inc. (2003). 'Conflict: Why It's Necessary' Facilitator Guide. Retrieved September 4, 2006, from http://www.scarecrowworkshops.com/b-conflict-management.html http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/Business/story?id=2247424&page=1 Gary Johns and Alan Saks (2005). Organizational Behavior: Understanding and Managing Life at Work. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
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People who want to have a successful organization in business world; first they should be able to define OB which helps the organizations to be more effectively. “Organizational behavior is a study and an application of knowledge about how people, individuals and groups act in organizations” (Clark, 2000). Frankly, OB can help to indentify people behavior and to have a work relationship among the worker. Moreover, it can affect an organization to enhance its profitability and innovation by showing organization resources which can depends on customers. As well, it helps to achieve a job satisfaction by understanding the importance elements of motivation, communication and leadership.
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Organizational behavior is important to many organizations because it helps management understand their employees’ attitude as well as behavior while they interact with one and other at the work place. There are several aspects of organizational behavior and attitude is one that can hinder and help job performance. In the past, organizations were defined almost exclusively by the products produced or the services provided. This has changed a great deal over the years. They are now defined by the way they provide their products and services. Attitude plays a major role in and outside of the workplace as it does in most aspects in everyday life.
Groups of people which more than 2 peoples who work interdependently toward some purpose defined as organizations. Then, organizational behaviour defined the study of what people think, feel and do in and around organizations. Organizational Behavior is field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behavior within organization. It is the knowledge about how people act within organizations. It applies broadly to the behavior of people in all types of organizations, such as schools, business, government, and services organizations. Organizational behaviour is for everyone in every level, and employees are expected to manage themselves and work effectively with others in workplace.
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