Behavior Trends

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Behavior Trends

Abstract

The organizational environment has a powerful influence on employee

behavior. Many of our responses are automatic: we drive with

effortless attention to the road and lights; we take notes in class

without thinking about how to write. In the long term the frequency

of these behaviors may depend on the consequences (the payoffs for

driving or writing), but at any one moment it is primarily the stimuli

in the environment that control our behavior. This paper will focus

on how the following two trends influence the employee behavior

in the workplace: 1) the influence of ethics on decision-making 2) the

impact of technology on work-related stress.

Organizational Behavior Trends

The behavior patterns and beliefs that shape an organization’s culture

have the profound ability to enable or prevent the company from

achieving its strategic objectives. By becoming clear about the kind

of culture that supports the organization’s vision and business

strategy, the organization will have the ability to target culture

change efforts in order to align its organization's culture to achieve

strategic success. This paper will explore the influence of ethics on

decision-making, as well as focus on the impact of technology on

work-related stress.

The values, beliefs, and norms expressed in an organization’s actual

practices and behavior may be different from what the business strives

to be as an organization, and what values it hopes to endorse. The

building blocks of these shared values are the values of individuals

within the organization. While culture evolves over time, within the

organization continually modifies by influences external to the

organization, in the form of values introduced by new members.

Culture drives the organization and its actions; and guides how

employees think, act and feel. It is dynamic and fluid, and it is

never static.

At Bank of Hawaii, the Board of Directors is committed to providing

leadership that ensures the long-term success of the Corporation and

maximizing shareholder value over time. They have developed, and

adopted, the Corporate Governance Guidelines (Code of Ethics) to

assist the Board in its responsibilities in serving the shareholders

and the Corporation. The Guidelines provide the general structure

within which the Board may conduct its business and are subj...

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...illiamson further notes that a survey of U.S.

employees “who had access to the Internet both at work and at home

surfed the web for 3.7 hours per week in the office, but compensated

for that by spending 5.9 hours of their leisure time on work-related

projects” (9).

From luxury to accessory, technology has now become a necessity in the

workplace. We are living in a digital world and our lifestyles have

changed; and unethical is not utilizing such advancement. On a final

note, David Williamson again quotes Euryn Williams, “It’s about seeing

the technology as an opportunity rather than a threat” (9).

Reference:

University of Phoenix. (8th Ed.). Organizational behavior [University

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University of Phoenix, Resource, MGT/331 – Organizational Behavior Web

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the diversity advantage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Williamson, David. “Workplace Depression Blamed on IT Stress.”

Western Mail. 452.80 (2003): 9. Proquest. University of Phoenix

Online Collection. 10 Jan 2005.

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