Organizational Behavior Issue
Organizational Behavior Issue Table of Contents
Introduction.
Historical Background of Organizational Behavior.
Elements of Organizational Behavior.
Models of Organizational Behavior.
Social Systems and Individualization.
Organization Development.
Quality of Work Life.
Conclusion.
1. Introduction.
Organizational Behavior is the study and use of knowledge about how people in general, and individuals and groups in particular, act in organizations. It does this by using a system approach in this case. It explains relationships between people and organizations in terms of the person, the entire group, all the organization, and all the social system. Its objective is to establish better relationships by achieving human purposes, organizational purposes, and social purposes.
Organizational behavior includes many topics, such as human behavior, change, leadership, teams, etc.
2. Historical Background of Organizational Behavior.
Taylorism and Scientific Management
The Industrial Revolution that began from the development of steam power and the founding of big factories in the late Eighteenth Century result in great alterations in the production of fabrics and other products. The factories that developed created great difficulties to organization that had not existed before. Governing these new factories and then new entities like railways with the requirement of governing large flows of material, staff, and information over great distances caused the need for some ways of dealing with the recent management problems.
The most significant of those who began to found a science of management was Frederic Taylor. He was one of the first who tried to analyze human behavior at a work place systematically. His sample was the machine with inexpensive, interchangeable details, each of which executes only one certain function. Taylor tried to do to great organizations what workers have done to machines. Just as machine details are easily interchangeable,
Introduction.
Historical Background of Organizational Behavior.
Elements of Organizational Behavior.
Models of Organizational Behavior.
Social Systems and Individualization.
Organization Development.
Quality of Work Life.
Conclusion.
1. Introduction.
Organizational Behavior is the study and use of knowledge about how people in general, and individuals and groups in particular, act in organizations. It does this by using a system approach in this case. It explains relationships between people and organizations in terms of the person, the entire group, all the organization, and all the social system. Its objective is to establish better relationships by achieving human purposes, organizational purposes, and social purposes.
Organizational behavior includes many topics, such as human behavior, change, leadership, teams, etc.
2. Historical Background of Organizational Behavior.
Taylorism and Scientific Management
The Industrial Revolution that began from the development of steam power and the founding of big factories in the late Eighteenth Century result in great alterations in the production of fabrics and other products. The factories that developed created great difficulties to organization that had not existed before. Governing these new factories and then new entities like railways with the requirement of governing large flows of material, staff, and information over great distances caused the need for some ways of dealing with the recent management problems.
The most significant of those who began to found a science of management was Frederic Taylor. He was one of the first who tried to analyze human behavior at a work place systematically. His sample was the machine with inexpensive, interchangeable details, each of which executes only one certain function. Taylor tried to do to great organizations what workers have done to machines. Just as machine details are easily interchangeable,
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