Organizational behavior Organizational behavior is the field of study that investigates the impact that individuals,groups and structures

have an behavior within organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organizations effectiveness. The study of organizational behavior provides a set of tools,concept and theories that help people understand,analyze and describe what goes on in organizations and why,how do the characteristics of individuals,groups,work situations, and the organization itself affected how members feel about their organization. Organizational behavior is an applied behavioural science that is built on contributions from a number ofbehaviour disciplines such as psychology,sociology,socialpsychology anthropology and economics. Psychology is the study of human behavior of which tries to identify the characteristics of individuals and provides an understanding why an individual behaves in a particular way. This thus provides us which useful insight into an areas such as human motivation perceptual processes or personality characteristics. Sociology is the study of social behavior relationships among social groups and societies and the maintenance of social order. This help us to appreciate the functioning of individuals with in the the organization which is essentially a socio-tehnical entity. Socio psychology socio psychology is the study of human behavior in the context of social situations. This essentially discuss the problem of understanding the typical behavior patterns to be excepted from an individual when he takes part in a group. Anthropology is the science of mankind and the study of human behavior as whole. The main focus of attention is on the cultural system,belief customs,ideas and values, which a group or society and the comparision of behavior among different cultures. In the context of todays organizational scenario it is very important to appericate the differences that exist among people coming from different cultural backgrounds as people are often found to work with others from the otherside of the globe. Economics Any organization to survive and sustain must be aware of the economic viability of their effort. This applies even to the non-profit and voluntary organization as well. Political science Although frequently overlooked, the contributions of political scientist are significant to the understand arrangements in organizations. It studies individuals and groups within specific conditions concerning the power dynamics. Important topics under here include structuring of conflict,allocation of power and how people manipulate power for individual self interest etc.

Why GOOGLE employees are happy? Managers at Google are encouraged to help their staff achieve at least one non- work related goal in their life so every employee can foster better work-life balance. Known as the One Simple Thing programme, Google employees are urged to focus on one personal target, such as an exercise regime or mastering a new language. Their managers then show their support through easy steps like keeping the employees schedules free or giving them time off for classes. This helps staff feel that they can be equally successful in achieving both business objectives and personal goals. when employees believe that the company is genuinely invested in their interests and makes them feel valued, attrition levels will fall.

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After-work drinks on Fridays and regular town hall meetings where senior leaders field questions from staff. College like environment no dress code. At Googleplex(Google's campus) , Googlers have facilities like beach volleyball,soccer,videogames,pool tables and png pong.They even play roller hockey twice a week.

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3. Google provides free meals to all employees at their caf (known as "Charlie's Place"). The food is seemingly very nice that it made Genentech (company which was no.1 in the above ratings before Google and is the inspiration for Google's culture) CEO and Google board member Art Levinson say, "Here I am a guy who can afford a good meal, and every time I go to a Google board meeting, I don't leave until ten o'clock at night because I get a free dinner there". There are also free doctors,swimming spa,washing machines etc there.

4. The operational costs of Google form 30% of their revenues (taken from 2007 Q4 results ).That's not a very high number.So it proves that to provide facilities like free meals,sports,good workspace environment etc., it doesn't cost much for them.But in return there's a high range of employee satisfaction.

5. All Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them.This makes their work far from turning monotonous and makes them enjoy their work. Though the allocation of 20% time on individual projects may seem loss of work time, some of Google's newer services, such as Gmail, Google News, Orkut, and AdSense originated from these independent endeavors.The advantage is as they are developed in Google itself,the Googlers would prefer it to sell to Google ,rather than some other high offering company.This way evolution of new Google products is made possible.