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1. Nature
of
Organizational
Behavior

2. Nature of OB
• OB is directly concerned with the understanding, Predicting & controlling of
human behavior in organizations.
• Following are the nature of OB:
• Integral part of management
• Field of study
• Inter-disciplinary approach
• Analysis of Behavior.
• Goal Oriented.
• Human Tool
• Science & art
• Fulfillment of employee’s Needs
• Humanistic & Optimistic

3. Integral part of Management
• OB is a part of general management & not the whole management.
• It represents behavior approach to management because of
importance of human behavior in organizations.

4. • OB is field of study backed by a body of theory, research & application
associated with a growing concern for people at the workplace.
• Its study helps in understanding the human behavior in work organizations.
• It includes creative thinking among the managers to solve human problems
in an organization.
Field of Study

5. • The field of OB is heavily influenced by several other behavioral
sciences & social sciences.
• Some popular disciplines are:
•Psychology
•Sociology
•Anthropology
Inter-Disciplinary Approach

6. • OB involves three level of behavior- individual, group & organization
behavior.
• It helps in demolishing “incorrect” assumptions one may hold about
behavior.
Analysis of Behavior

7. • OB is an action oriented & goal oriented discipline.
• The major goals of OB are:
• Understand
• Explain &
• Predict
human behavior in the organizational context
Goal Oriented

8. • OB is a human tool for human benefit.
• It helps in understanding & predicting the human behavior of
individuals.
• It provides generalization that managers can use to anticipate the
effects of certain actions on human behavior.
Human Tool

9. • OB is both science as well as art.
• The systematic knowledge about human behavior is a science.
• The application of behavioral knowledge & skills are about art.
• It cannot provide specific answers to all organizational problems.
Science & Art

10. • OB seeks to fulfill employees needs & aspirations.
• Every employee in the organization want to fulfill his needs through
organizational activities.
• It is organization’s responsibility to provide suitable environment so that
people may get need satisfaction & the organization may attain its objective.
Fulfillment of Employee’s Needs

11. • OB focuses the attention of people from humanistic point of view.
• It is based on the belief that needs & motivation of people are of high
concern.
• It deals with the thinking & feeling of human beings.
Humanistic & Optimistic

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