ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

T E N T H E D I T I O N
OBJECTIVES AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER AND
LISTENING TO MY LECTUER,I HOPE THTAT
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

1. Define organizational behavior (OB).

2. Describe what managers do.
LEARNING

3. Explain the value of the systematic study of

OB.
4. List the major challenges and opportunities
for managers to use OB concepts.
5. Identify the contributions made by major
behavioral science disciplines to OB.
O B J E C T I V E S (cont’d)

6. Describe why managers require a knowledge

of OB.
7. Explain the need for a contingency approach
to the study of OB.
LEARNING
What Managers Do

Managerial Activities
• Make decisions
• Allocate resources
• Direct activities of others
to attain goals
Where Managers Work
Management Functions

Planning Organizing

Management
Functions

Controlling Leading
Management Functions (cont’d)
Management Functions (cont’d)
Management Functions (cont’d)
Management Functions (cont’d)
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles

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Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d)

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Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d)

EXHIBIT 1-1c
Management Skills
Effective Versus Successful Managerial
Activities (Luthans)

1. Traditional management
• Decision making, planning, and controlling
2. Communications
• Exchanging routine information and processing
paperwork
3. Human resource management
• Motivating, disciplining, managing conflict, staffing,
and training
4. Networking
• Socializing, politicking, and interacting with others
Allocation of Activities by Time

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Enter Organizational Behavior
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field

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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)

EXHIBIT 1-3b
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)

EXHIBIT 1-3c
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)

EXHIBIT 1-3d
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)

EXHIBIT 1-3f
There Are Few Absolutes in OB

Contingency
x Variables y
Challenges and Opportunity for OB
 Responding to Globalization
 Managing Workforce Diversity
 Improving Quality and Productivity
 Responding to the Labor Shortage
 Improving Customer Service
Challenges and Opportunity for OB (cont’d)
 Improving People Skills
 Empowering People
 Coping with “Temporariness”
 Stimulation Innovation and Change
 Helping Employees Balance Work/Life Conflicts
 Improving Ethical Behavior
Basic OB Model, Stage I

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The Dependent Variables

x
The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
The Independent Variables

Independent
Variables

Individual-Level Group-Level Organization

Variables Variables System-Level
Variables