Psychology, social psychology, sociology, anthropology, and political science all contribute to the field of organizational behavior. Psychology studies individual behavior and factors like fatigue, boredom, and work conditions. Social psychology looks at how people influence each other regarding change and reducing barriers. Sociology examines group behavior in organizations and aspects like culture, structure, and conflict. Anthropology helps understand differences in values and behavior between cultures and organizations. Political science provides insight into behavior within political environments at various levels from countries to organizations.

1. CONTRIBUTING DISCIPLINES TO
THE OB FIELD
subject-Organizational Behavior
BBA-II
UNIT-I

2. Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
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Psychology is the science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes
change the behavior of humans and other animals. Psychologists involve
themselves with studying and attempting to understand individual behavior. Early
industrial and organizational psychologists concerned themselves with problems of
fatigue, boredom, and other factors relevant to working conditions that could impede
efficient work performance. More recently, their contributions have been expanded
to include learning, perception, personality, training, leadership effectiveness, needs
and motivational forces, job satisfaction, decision making processes, performance
appraisals, attitude measurement, employee selection techniques, work design and
job stress. The knowledge of psychology can really help in improving and modifying
the behavior of individual and group. If the psychological needs are fulfilled ,it gives
satisfaction to people and also give peace of mind, which can improve the ability of
an organization

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Social psychology is an area within psychology, but it blends concepts
from psychology and sociology. It concentrates on the influence of
people on one another. One of the major areas receiving considerable
investigation from social psychologist have been change, how to
implement it and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance. it deal with
the fulfillment of social needs in a physiological sense of interpretations. it
cause different socio psycho conditions and affair for the modification of
OB.

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Where psychologists focus on the individual, sociologists study the social
system in which individual fills their role; that is, sociology studies people in
relation to their fellow human beings. Specifically, sociologists have made their
greatest contribution to organizational behavior through their study of group
behavior in organizations, particularly in formal and complex
organizations. Some of the areas within organizational behavior that have
received valuable input from sociologist are group dynamics, design of work
teams, organizational culture, formal organization theory and structure,
organizational technology, communications, power conflict, and inter group
behavior.

5. According to the waliam marrian dictionary sociology is "the
science of society social institution and social relationship."
This study really provide helping hand in the improvement and
modification of OB. society provide the base for collective living
and relationship. social institutes are provide the base for
better form and shape for society among its different organs.
social behavior mould the behavior and values of the society.
so knowledge of social norms and values and customs real
shaping the society.

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Anthropology is the study or societies to learn about human beings and
their activities. Anthropologists’ work on cultures and environments,
for instance, has helped us understand differences in fundamental values,
attitudes, and behavior between people in different countries and within
different organizations. Much of our current understanding of
organizational culture, organizational environments, and differences
between national cultures is the result of the work of anthropologist or
researchers using their methodologies.

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Political science provides an insight for the improvement and modification
of the OB. The OB involves the application of political science at all levels.
It may be at the highest level, like country, and at the lowest level, like an
institute or organization. It involves the study of behaviour in a political
environment.