CONTRIBUTING

DISCIPLINES OF OB

PRESENTED BY
ARATHI M V
ROLL NO: 1
 INTRODUCTION
 Behavioral science foundation

 Five disciplines
-anthropolgy
-sociology
-psychology
-social psychology
-political science
 BACKGROUND
 New discipline

 “It is a very new science of a very ancient

subject”
-Galileo

 Scientific method
 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
 ARTS AND SCIENCES
Humanities
Physical Sciences
Biological Sciences
and
SOCIAL SCIENCES
economics
history
political science
and
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
 ANTHROPOLOGY
 ‘Science of man’

 Anthropo = man
logy = science

 Various sub-fields in anthropolgy

 ANTHROPOLGY

PHYSICAL CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY

 People’s learned behavior

 Orgasnisations ~ cultures

 Learning about human activities and

cultural environment
 comparative values
comparative attitudes
cross cultural values
anthro
pology organisational culture
organisational environment
 PSYCHOLOGY
 Human behavior

 Earlier-fatigue, boredom etc

 Recent-learning, motivation, personality etc

 “science of behavior”
 Learning
Motivation
Job satisfaction
Attitude
measurement
psychology Job design
Work stress
Individual decision
making
Performance
appraisal
Effective leadership
 SOCIOLOGY
 “Science of society”
 Social behavior in societies, institutions,
organisations,groups etc
 Study of group behavior
 Group dynamics,formal ob and structure, inter
group behavior etc
 Group dynamics
Norms
Roles
Communication
SOCIOLOGY Status
Power
Conflict
Organizational change
Organizational culture
 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
 Study of individual behavior in a group

 Borrows concepts from both sociology and

psychology

 Measuring and understanding attitudes,

communication patterns, group decision
making process etc
 Behavioral
change
SOCIAL Attitude change
PSYCHOLOGY Communication
Group decision
making
Group processes
 POLITICAL SCIENCE
 Behavior of individuals and groups within a
political environment

 Organizations ~ political entities

 Specific topics of concern-

1) structuring of conflict
2) allocation of power
 Conflict
POLITICAL
Intra-organizational politics
SCIENCE
Power
 REFERENCE
1) ‘Organizational Behavior’ by Fred Luthans

2) ‘Organizational Behavior’ by Robbins

3)www.wikipedia.com