Human Resource Management

Lecture 4
Organizational Behavior
 Today’s Topics

Concepts of people working

together

Organizations and human

behavior

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People Working
Together
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In Organizations…..

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 Why work together?

People can be more

productive when working in
groups than when working
alone.

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Management and Myths

What Managers can do and

what Managers can’t do
when managing people,
organizations and
society.
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Why to work in
organization …
?
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 Link individuals
into relationships

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Allocate the tasks to
fulfill the objective

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Allocate authority to
perform individual
tasks

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 Coordinate the
objectives and activities
of separate units

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Organizations
and Human
Behavior
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Facilitate the flow of
work

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Organizational
Behavior
(OB)

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 OB
Systematic Study of how
people behave in
organizations

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 OB (cont…)
The field of Organizational
Behavior has developed to
help us better understand the
behavior of individuals and
Groups
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 Psychosocial

Interpersonal Behavioral

Organizational
Behavior
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Why Do We Study
OB?

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To learn about
yourself and
how to deal with
others
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You are part of an
organization now,
and will continue to
be a part of various
organizations
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 Understand
organizational
events

Organizational
Behavior
Research
Influence Predict
organizational organizational
events events
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 Human
Behavior
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 Work
Performance
Design
Appraisal
Communication

Jobs

Organizational
Structure
Organizational
Design
Human
Behavior
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Understanding the
Basics of Human
Behavior
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Heredity Individual Environment
Differences
Framework

Abilities Work-Related
Values Attitudes
and Skills

Work-Related
Behaviors
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Variables Influencing
Individual Behavior

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 The Person
• Skills & abilities The Environment
• Personality • Organization
• Perceptions • Work group
• Attitudes • Job
•Values • Personal life
• Ethics

Behavior
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Basic OB Model

Organization level

Group level

Individual level

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