ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Contributing
disciplines to
organizational
behavior.

CMS, SECTION F, IIIrd Semester

WHAT IS ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR?

. . . a field of study that investigates

the impact that individuals, groups
and structure have on behavior
within organizations, for the purpose
of applying such knowledge toward
improving an organization’s
effectiveness.
CONTRIBUTING DISCIPLINES TO THE OB FIELD

Psychology Social
Psychology

Anthropology

Sociology Political
Science
 PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is a science, an academic, and applied discipline that involves the

scientific study of human or animal mental functions and behaviours.

It involves:
COMPONENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING
MOTIVATION

PERSONALITY
EMOTION

PERCEPTION
TRAINING

LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
JOB SATISFACTION

INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING

PERFOMANCE APPRAISAL

ATTITUDE MEASURMENT
EMPLOYEE SELECTION

WORK DESIGN
WORK STRESS
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology is the study of
society. It is a social
science—a term with
which it is sometimes
synonymous—that uses
various methods of
empirical investigation and
critical analysis to develop
and refine a body of
knowledge about human
social activity, often with
the goal of applying such
knowledge to the pursuit
of social welfare.
 SOCIOLOGY

Group Dynamics Formal Organization

Work Teams Organization Technique
Communication Organization Change
Power Organization Culture
Integrating Behavior
 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Social psychology is the

study of the relations
between people and
groups. Scholars in this
interdisciplinary area are
typically either
psychologists or
sociologists, though all
social psychologists employ
both the individual and the
group as their units of
analysis.
 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Behavior Change
Attitude Change
Communication
Group Processes
Group Decision Making
ANTHROPOLOGY

The study of
societies to
learn about
human beings
and their
activities is
known as
Anthropology
 ANTHROPOLOGY

Comparative Values
Organizational Culture
Comparative attitude
Organizational Environment
Cross Cultural Analysis
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political science is a social
science concerned with
the theory and practice
of politics and the
description and analysis
of political systems and
political behaviour.
In other words, it is the
study of behavior of
individuals and groups
within a political
environment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE

Conflict
Intraorganizational
Politics
Power
 Behavioural
ATContribution
A GLANCE Unit of Output
science analysis
Learning
Motivation
Perception
Training
Leadership effectiveness
Job satisfaction
Psychology Individual decision making
Performance appraisal
Attitude measurement
Employee selection
Work design
Work stress Individual

Group dynamics
Work teams
Communication
Power
Conflict
Intergroup behaviour
Sociology
Formal organization theory Study of
Organizational technology Group Organizational
Organizational change Behaviour
Organizational culture

Behavioural change
Attitude change
Social psychology Communication
Group processes
Group decision making
Organization
Comparative values system
Comparative attitudes
Cross-cultural analysis
Anthropology
Organizational culture
Organizational environment

Conflict
Political science Intraorganizational politics
Power
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Prepared by: Shahrukh Soheil Rahman, CMS, IIIrd Sem, Section F