This document provides an overview of organizational behavior. It defines organizational behavior as the study of understanding, predicting, and managing human behavior in organizations. The key elements that influence organizational behavior are people, structure, technology, and the environment. Organizational behavior draws from multiple disciplines including psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, and economics. It can be examined at the individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. The goal of organizational behavior is to improve individual, group, and organizational performance and effectiveness.

1. Organizational Behavior
Dr. Gopal Thapa
Tribhuvan University

2. Organizational Behavior
 Organization
 Behavior
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3. Organization
 An organization is purposeful combination of two
or more people who independent with each other
to achieve specific goal.
 It is composed of people, structure and technology
for the purpose of attainment of a common
purpose in a changing enviornment
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4. Organization
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An organization is a
consciously coordinated social
unit, composed of two or more
people that functions on a
relatively continuous basis to
achieve a common goal or set
of goals.
Stephen P. Robbins
San Diego State University

5. Characteristics of Organization
 Goal oriented
 People
 Structure
 Technology
 Continuity
 Environment
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6. Behavior
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Behavior is anything that the
human does.
Fred Luthans
University of Nebraska

7. Organizational Behavior
 Organizational behavior is directly concerned with
the understanding, prediction, and control of
human behavior in organizations.
 Organizational behavior is the study of both group
and individual performance and activity within an
organization.
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8. Organizational Behavior
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Organizational behavior is the
understanding, prediction and
management of human
behavior in organization
Fred Luthans
University of Nebraska

9. Characteristics of OB
 Science and art
 Rational
 People oriented
 Multidisciplinary
 A total system approach
 Goal oriented
 Applied science
 Multi level existence
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10. Key Elements of OB
 People.
 Structure.
 Technology.
 Environment.
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11. OB: Multidisciplinary
 Psychology.
 Sociology.
 Social Psychology.
 Anthropology.
 Political Sciences.
 Economics.
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12. Levels of OB
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13. OB System
 Input (independent variables)
 Individual level variables
 Group levels variables
 Organizational level variables
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14. OB System
 Input (independent variables)
 Individual level variables
 Biological characteristics
 Ability
 Values
 Attitudes
 Personality
 Emotions etc.
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15. OB System
 Input (independent variables)
 Group levels variables
 Task Characteristics
 Group composition
 Group size etc.
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16. OB System
 Input (independent variables)
 Organizational level variables
 Organizational structure
 Culture
 Leadership etc.
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17. OB System
 Processes (Organism)
 Individual process
 Motivation, perception, learning , decision making
 Group process
 Group dynamics, communication, leadership,
conflict, power and process
 Organizational process
 Design of formal organization, HR policies and
practices, Interaction with external environment
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18. OB System
 Output (Dependent variables)
 Productivity
 Absenteeism
 Turnover
 Citizenship (Organizational citizenship behavior)
 Job Satisfaction
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19. OB System
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20. Basic Assumptions of OB
(Fundamental Concepts)
 The Nature of People
 Individual differences
 A whole person
 Caused behavior (motivation)
 Value of the person
 The Nature of Organization
 Social system
 Mutual interests
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