Organizational Behavior: an Insight Into Different Sectors
Executive Summary
A managers (leaders’) performance is evaluated by performance of his team. Similar concept goes for the Organization. In order to have best performance of an organization, its employees must perform well. This requires understanding of everyone’s behavior in organization.
Organizational Behavior is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior in organizations. Behavioral Science or Organizational Behavior is not an elemental subject, rather than it is like a compound subject, with integrated weaving of various disciplines. The scope of organizational behavior is in all three dimensions i.e. individual, group and organization. Also there are various different directions and dimensions to study of organizational behavior.
Moreover there are differences in the level of application of these behavioral concepts when compared with the theory. This report identifies and highlights differences that exist within the organizations undertaken for study. The report also brings about the variations in the behavior of organizations from different sectors and different organizations of from same sector (Healthcare). The report also throws light on how the organizational behavior transforms after merger & acquisition.
Organizational behavior, in a simple term, refers to the behavior of persons in an organization. To understand Organizational Behavior, let us first take the two terms involved: Organization and Behavior.
Organization is a place where two or more people work together in a structured way to achieve a specific goal or set of goals. Goals are fundamental elements of organizations.
Organizations are social interventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts.
Gary Johns
Behavior is anything that the human does. Behavior is response to stimulation that can be observed, thus it is any response or reaction of an individual. The basic unit of behavior is activity.
In understanding the variable it is extremely
A managers (leaders’) performance is evaluated by performance of his team. Similar concept goes for the Organization. In order to have best performance of an organization, its employees must perform well. This requires understanding of everyone’s behavior in organization.
Organizational Behavior is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human behavior in organizations. Behavioral Science or Organizational Behavior is not an elemental subject, rather than it is like a compound subject, with integrated weaving of various disciplines. The scope of organizational behavior is in all three dimensions i.e. individual, group and organization. Also there are various different directions and dimensions to study of organizational behavior.
Moreover there are differences in the level of application of these behavioral concepts when compared with the theory. This report identifies and highlights differences that exist within the organizations undertaken for study. The report also brings about the variations in the behavior of organizations from different sectors and different organizations of from same sector (Healthcare). The report also throws light on how the organizational behavior transforms after merger & acquisition.
Organizational behavior, in a simple term, refers to the behavior of persons in an organization. To understand Organizational Behavior, let us first take the two terms involved: Organization and Behavior.
Organization is a place where two or more people work together in a structured way to achieve a specific goal or set of goals. Goals are fundamental elements of organizations.
Organizations are social interventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts.
Gary Johns
Behavior is anything that the human does. Behavior is response to stimulation that can be observed, thus it is any response or reaction of an individual. The basic unit of behavior is activity.
In understanding the variable it is extremely
Bibliography: * Interviews undertaken by the authors.(Attached as annexures) * Organizational Behavior by Stephen P. Robbins * http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadob.html * http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/04spec.htm The essence of Leadership by Narayana Murthy * http://www.ignou.ac.in/edusat/mba/mco-01/block2pm/unit4.pdf