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Lecturte-28EVOLUTION OFORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Evolution and nature oOr!ani"ational Be#avior

We can define the term or!ani"ation as t$o or %ore individual& $#o areinteractin! $it# eac# ot#er $it#in a deli'eratel( &tructured &et u) and$or*in! in an interde)endent $a( to ac#ieve &o%e co%%ono'+ective,& Organizations play a major role in our lives. We possibly cannot think of asingle moment in our lives when we are not depending on organizations in some form or

the other. Right From the public transport that you use to come to your institute, the

nstitute itself, the class you are attending at this moment, are all e!amples oforganizations.

"ehaviour of the people working in an organisation is to achieve common goals or

objectives. Organisation comprises of people with different attitudes, cultures, beliefs,

norms and values.

#Organizational "ehaviour$ can be defined as t#e &tud( o $#at )eo)le t#in*.eel. and do in and around or!ani"ation&The study of Or!ani"ational Be#aviorfacilitates the process of e/)lainin!. under&tandin!. )redictin!. %aintainin!. and

c#an!in! employee 'e#avior in an organizational setting. %he value of organizational

behavior is that it isolates important aspects of the manager$s job and offers specific

perspective on the human side of mangement &

'people as organizations,

' people as resources,

'people as people.

n other words, it involves the understanding, prediction and control of human behaviour

and factors affecting their performance and interaction among the organizational

members. (nd because organizational behavior is concerned specifically with

employment ' related situations, you should not be surprised to find that it emphasizes

behavior as related to concerns such as jobs, work, absenteeism, employment turnover ,

productivity, human performance and management

Nature O Or!ani"ational Be#avior 0OB1

Organizational behaviour is an applied behavioural science that is built on contributions

from a number of behavioural disciplines such as psychology, sociology, social

psychology, anthropology and economics.

&(c#olo!()sychology is the study of human behavior which tries to identifythe characteristics of individuals and provides an understanding why an

individual behaves in a particular way. %his thus provides us with useful

insight into areas such as human motivation, perceptual processes or personality

characteristics.

Sociolo!(. *ociology is the study of social behavior, relationships amongsocial groups and societies, and the maintenance of social order. %he main

focus of attention is on the social system. %his helps us to appreciate the

functioning of individuals within the organization which is essentially asociotechnical entity.

Social )&(c#olo!(. *ocial psychology is the study of human behaviour in the

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