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Organizational behavior - Unit 1 : Focus and Purpose
The document outlines the fundamentals of organizational behavior (OB), discussing its definition, importance, and various frameworks. It highlights the roles and functions of managers, skills required for effective management, and challenges faced in the field, emphasizing the complexity and multidisciplinary nature of OB. Additionally, it explores historical evolution and significant contributions, such as scientific management and the human relations movement, while addressing contemporary challenges like globalization and workforce diversity.
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Organizational behavior - Unit 1 : Focus and Purpose
- 1. Organizational Behavior Presented by, GaneshaPandian N 1 Unit 1: Focus and Purpose References: Organizational Behavior – Stephen P. Robbins; Ninth edition; Prentice hall Publication MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 2. Content • Definition • Needand Importance of OB • Nature and Scope • Framework • Organization behavior models 2MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 3. Definitions you needto know in Management • Managers – individuals who achieve goals through other people (subordinates) • Organization – a consciously coordinated social unit – to achieve common goals – followed by hierarchy 3MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 4. • Planning –defining goals, establishing strategies and plans to coordinate activities • Organizing – Determining when need to be done; how to be done; who will do it; where it is executed; decision making authority 4MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 5. What is OrganizationBehavior/ Define OB • Organization behavior is the study on individuals and his or her personality interact with the group and the organization as whole that affect the productivity of the organization. 5MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 6. Three layers ofOrganizational Behavior 6 Organizational Behavior Group behavior Individual Behavior MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 7. What managers do? 7 Functionsof Managers Decision making Allocate Resources Achieving Goals Directing activities MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 8. Management Functions 8 • Henry Fayol– proposed Five Management functions Management functions Planning Organizing LeadingStaffing Controlling MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 9. Management Roles • HenryMitzberg from MIT – found that 10 highly interrelated roles preformed by managers 9 Interpersonal roles Informational roles Decision making roles Head role Leadership role Liaison role Monitor role Dissemination role Spokesperson role Entrepreneur Handling people Resource allocator NegotiatorImage: flaticon.com MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 10. Management skills 10 Technical Skills Abilityto apply the expertise or specialized knowledge Human Skills Conceptual Skills Image: flaticon.com The ability to work with people – individual or in group Mental ability to diagnose complex problems MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 11. Effective Vs SuccessfulManagerial Activities • Effectiveness – achieve the goals and making performance • Success – Getting promotion and moving fast in career ladder. • The successful mangers are having social and political skills than the effective managers – proves the Human factor 11MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 12. What is OB? •It is about study of people what they do in the organization. • It emphasize behavior related to work • Ob includes the core topics – Motivation leader behavior and power, interpersonal communication, group structure and processes, learning, attitude development and perception and so on 12MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 13. Intuition into systematicstudy • OB is an abstract concept • Intuition: One’s feeling that is not supported by research studies. • Systematic study: Relationship between one factor with another – cause and effect 13MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 14. Contributing fields toOB • Multidisciplinary subject 14 Contributing fields Psychology Sociology Social Psychology Anthropology Political science MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 15. Problems in OB •Science can be applied in all situation and are contingent • OB is complex study and are not generalized. Since Human beings are complex in nature. • Same person behave differently in different situations. 15 Image: flaticon.com MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 16. Challenges and opportunitiesin OB 16 Challenges and opportunities Responding to globalization Managing work diversity Improving quality and productivity Improving people skills Empower people Coping with changes Improving ethical behavior MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 17. Developing OB model •Model – an abstract of reality • The dependent variables – Independent variables • Contingency OB model 17MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 18. Evolution of Organizational Behavior 18 OrganizationalBehavior Human relations management Scientific Management Industrial revolution Image: flaticon.com MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 19. Industrial Revolution • RobertOwen – Father of personnel Management • Andrew Ure – published book on “The philosophy of Manufacturers” in 1835 • Pension funds started in 1886 and the compensation for accidents for 1895 19MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 20. Scientific Management • FredrickTaylor – Father of Scientific Management 1. Converted intuition to scientific approach 2. Emphasis on group action 3. Cooperation between different levels in organization 4. Maximizing the production 5. Selection and training through scientific techniques 20MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 21. Human Relations Movement 1.Great depression (1929) in US 2. Labor movement – French revolution and Russian revolution 3. Hawthorne Studies – Elton Mayo (Father of Human relations movement) 21MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 22. Hawthorne light illumination experiment •To find the impact of light on productivity • Two group of employees chosen – Test group and control group • When conducting the research, the light does not have significant impact • Some external factor called “Human factor” interfere the results 22 Image: flaticon.com MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 23. Nature of people •Uniqueness – individual differences • Perception – differs for different people in different situations • Motivation factor – boasts the productivity • Causal Behavior – source of the behavior • Desire for involvement – work consciousness • Human dignity - Ego of an individual 23MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
- 24. Theoretical framework ofOB • Cognitive framework – Edward Tolman • Behavioral framework – Ivan Pavlov and John B Watson • Social learning approaches – integrates both the Cognitive framework and Behavioral framework 24 Image: flaticon.com MSM-MBA I Semester 2020
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