“Organizational Behaviour (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations.”(www.nwlink.com) “Organizational behavior is the systematic actions and attitudes, which people demonstrate within organizations, research.” (S. Robbins, P.)
“Organisational Behaviour is a misnomer. It is not the study how organizations behave, but rather the study of individual behaviour setting.” (http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/ )
In general terms, it is organization studies and their territories which examine how people as individuals, groups, teams and generally, as employees, behave and work in organizations, how to motivate them externally and stimulate their internal motivation.
The narrower sense, the organizational behaviour (OB) is the social science which deals with all aspects of human behaviour in organizations: individual, group and organizational levels of the process. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving human, organizational and social objectives. Also to understand, explain, predict and manage individuals and group behaviour within organizations.
OB systematically examines the individual organization member and their group behaviour that affects the workers ' performance in the organization, is looking for ways to ensure the effective functioning of the organization.
OB organizations is interested in communication - information, collaboration and employee incentives. OB integrates with various sciences: management, social psychology, sociology, education, as well as anthropology, history, economics, ergonomics, and many other fields of knowledge.
History of OB: (www.wikipedia.com)
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➢ The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about the importance of leadership; ➢ Aristotle delivered the topic of persuasive communication; ➢ In 1776, Adam Smith introduced us with a new form of organizational structure based on the
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