Critical Behavioral Issues Confronting the Managers

Critical Behavioral Issues Confronting the Managers

In today’s competitive world, the importance of OB has been raised more than ever as it offers solutions – or at least meaningful insights toward solutions on following issues:

ü Responding to Globalization

ü Managing Workforce diversity

ü Improving quality and Productivity (quality management and reengineering)

ü Responding to the Labour Shortage

ü Improving Customer Service

ü Improving People Skills

ü Empowering People

ü Coping with “Temporariness”

ü Stimulating Innovations and Change

ü Helping Employees Balance Work/Life Conflicts

ü Improving Ethical Behavior

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Contributing Disciplines to the Field of OB

Source: Robbins & Judge, 15e, 2013, p. 13 Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science built on contributions from a number of behavioral disciplines, mainly psychology and social psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Psychology’s contributions have been mainly at the individual or micro level of analysis, while the other disciplines have contributed to our understanding of macro concepts such as group processes and organization. Exhibit 1-3 is an overview of the major contributions to the study of organizational behavior ( Robbins & Judge, 15e, 2013, pp. 13-14) . Psychology Psychology seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals. Those who have contributed and continue to add to the knowledge of OB are learning theorists, personality theorists, counselling psychologists, and, most important, industrial and organizational psychologists. Early industrial/organizational psychologists studied

Compilation of Selected Fifteen Organizational Behaviour Cases

Compilation of Selected Fifteen Organizational Behaviour Cases Compiled by Bhuwan R. Chataut Faculty – HRM/OB Shanker Dev Campus, Putali Sadak Uniglobe College, New Baneshwor www.facebook.com/bhuwanrchataut Credit Fred Luthans Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach (2011) 12e McGraw-Hill Stephen P. Robbins & Timothy A. Judge Organizational Behavior (2013) 15e Prentice Hall John R. Schermerhorn, Jr., Richard N. Osborn, Mary Uhl-Bien & James G. Hunt Organizational Behavior (2012) 12e John Wiley & Sons (This compilation is prepared just to practice individually by learner – not for any commercial purpose. All the materials here used are copyrighted.) OB Case I Lessons for ‘Undercover’ Bosses Executive offices in major corporations are often far removed from the day-to-day work that most employees perform. While top executives might enjoy the perquisites found in the e

Concept of Individual Behavior, Behavior as an input-output system, Mental Process

Concept of Individual Behavior . Individual Behavior and Assumptions (Adhikari, 2009, p 45) - 1. Behavior is determined by a combination of forces in individual and environment. 2. Every individual makes decisions differently. 3. Different individuals have different levels and types of needs, desires and goals. 4. Perception plays vital role in problem solving and decision making. Factors creating differences and effects on individual performance (Hellriegel, Slocum, Woodman & Bruning, 1998) 1. Ability 2. Motivation 3. Role Perception 4. Situation at factors (time, people, time, budget, working conditions, design) Foundations of Individual Behavior (Khanka, 2004, p 32) The Person 1. Biographical factors – sex, age, education, abilities and marital status 2. Psychological factors – personality, perception,

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