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Introduction to OB
The Nature of OB
• Organizational behavior (OB) is the study
of what people think, feel, and do in and
around organizations
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The Nature of OB
• The nature, reasons, aims and features of
behavioral processes are dealt with
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Basic OB Model
Model
An abstraction of reality
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OB at Individual Level
• Characteristics of individuals (such as
personality, feeling, and motivation) affect how
well people do their jobs
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• personality and ability; attitudes, values, and
moods; perception and attribution; learning;
motivation; and stress and work-life linkages
OB at Group Level
• A group is two or more people who interact
to achieve their goals
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OB at Group Level
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number of members in a group,
the type and diversity of team members,
the tasks they perform,
and the attractiveness of a group,
to its members all influence both behaviors
of group as a whole and individuals within
the group
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• The values and beliefs in an organization’s
culture influence how people, groups, and
managers interact with each other and with
people (such as customers or suppliers) outside
the organization
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Its Relations to Other Disciplines
• Various disciplines exist within the field of behavioral
sciences, especially:
– Psychology-deals with personality systems and people’s
actions
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Subfileds are experimental, development and industrial
psychology
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The units of study in sociology are societies,
organizations, groups
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– Anthropology- deals with the cultural roots of societies
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Contributing Disciplines to the
OB Field (cont’d)
Sociology
The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings
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Contributing Disciplines to the
OB Field (cont’d)
Anthropology
The study of societies to learn about human beings and their
activities
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Replacing Intuition with
Systematic Study
Intuition
A feeling not necessarily supported by research
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Provides a means to predict behaviors