What Is Organizational Behaviour?
What Managers Do Managerial Activities Make decisions Allocate resources Direct activities of others to attain goals Managerial Activities Make decisions Allocate resources Direct activities of others to attain goals © PAPERHINT.COM
Where Managers Work © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Functions PlanningPlanningOrganizingOrganizingLeadingLeadingControllingControlling © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Functions (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Functions (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Functions (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Functions (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles © PAPERHINT.COM
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Management Skills © PAPERHINT.COM
Enter Organizational Behavior © PAPERHINT.COM
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field © PAPERHINT.COM
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
Why Do We Study OB? To learn about yourself and how to deal with others You are part of an organization now, and will continue to be a part of various organizations Organizations are increasingly expecting individuals to be able to work in teams, at least some of the time Some of you may want to be managers or entrepreneurs © PAPERHINT.COM
What Is an Organization? A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of a group of people, which functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. © PAPERHINT.COM
Challenges Facing the Workplace Workplace Organizational Level Productivity Developing Effective Employees Global Competition Managing in the Global Village Group Level Working With Others Workforce Diversity Individual Level Job Satisfaction Empowerment Behaving Ethically © PAPERHINT.COM
Challenges and Opportunity for OB Responding to Globalization Managing Workforce Diversity Improving Quality and Productivity Responding to the Labor Shortage Improving Customer Service © PAPERHINT.COM
Challenges and Opportunity for OB (cont’d) Improving People Skills Empowering People Coping with “Temporariness” Stimulation Innovation and Change Helping Employees Balance Work/Life Conflicts Improving Ethical Behavior © PAPERHINT.COM
Basic OB Model, Stage I © PAPERHINT.COM
The Dependent Variables x y © PAPERHINT.COM
The Dependent Variables (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
The Dependent Variables (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
The Dependent Variables (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
The Dependent Variables (cont’d) © PAPERHINT.COM
The Independent Variables Independent Variables Individual-Level Variables Organization System-Level Variables Group-Level Variables © PAPERHINT.COM
The Rigour of OB OB looks at consistencies –What is common about behaviour, and helps predictability? OB is more than common sense –Systematic study, based on scientific evidence OB has few absolutes OB takes a contingency approach –Considers behaviour in context © PAPERHINT.COM
Competing Values Framework Flexibility Control Internal Focus External Focus © PAPERHINT.COM
Competing Values Framework Internal-External Dimension –Inwardly toward employee needs and concerns and/or production processes and internal systems or –Outwardly, toward such factors as the marketplace, government regulations, and the changing social, environmental, and technological conditions of the future Flexibility-Control Dimension –Flexible and dynamic, allowing more teamwork and participation; seeking new opportunities for products and services or –Controlling or stable, maintaining the status quo and exhibiting less change © PAPERHINT.COM