Managerial

g Behavior

Week
k 1:
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Introduction to OB

Dr Samir A.
Dr. A Abdelmoteleb
PhD in Management
University of Southampton, UK
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Session Overview
• What is OB?

• Subfields of OB

• Putting Organizational Behavior Knowledge to

Work

• Module content

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Learning Outcomes
• To know what is meant by OB

• To Understand the importance of studying OB

• To know the subfields of OB

• To understand the need to apply OB theories to fix

work problems

• Know the main topics that OB cover

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• What is OB?

__ A field of study that endeavors to understand, explain,

predict and change human behavior as it occurs in the
predict,
organizational context.

• OB as a source of competitive advantage!

• Importance of OB knowledge (an example)

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• Subfields of OB:

1. Micro Organizational Behavior

2. Meso Organizational Behavior

3. Macro Organizational
3 g Behavior

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Putting Organizational Behavior Knowledge
to Work
• The process of problem solving:

___ Diagnosis

___ Solution

___ Action

___ Evaluation

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 Topics to be studied
Part I: Micro Organizational Behavior

1. Managing Diversity and Individual Differences

2. Perception, Decision Making, and Creativity

3. Work Motivation and Performance

4. Satisfaction and Stress

P t II:
Part II Meso
M O
Organizational
i ti lBBehavior
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1. Efficiency, Motivation, and Quality in Work Design

2. Interdependence and Role Relationships

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 Topics to be studied
3. Group Dynamics and Team Effectiveness

4. Leadership of Groups and Organizations

Part III: Macro Organizational Behavior

1. Power, Politics, and Conflict

2. Structuring the Organization

3. Technology,
T h l Environment,
E i t and
dOOrganization
i ti D Design
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4. Culture, Change, and Organization Development

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Activity 1
Ch t Q
Chapter Quiz
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1. Which of the following

g is NOT True about
OB:
(a) it is a social science.
science

(b) it consists of different disciplines.

(c) its focus is limited to studying the behaviors of individuals

working alone.

(d) managing employees’ behavior effectively could make a

competitive advantage for organizations. 10
Activity 2
Chapter
p Quiz

2. Micro Organizational Behavior:

(a) is concerned with the behaviors of people working together
in teams and groups.

(b) deals with individual employee issues with a psychological

orientation.

(c) it is more important than macro organizational behavior.

(d) none of the above

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 Announcements

• Organizational Behavior : Securing Competitive Advantage,

Advantage
John A. Wagner III and John R. Hollenbeck, Routledge, New
York, 2010
• Chapter
Ch 1:
_ PP. 3-10

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