EMBA -601(OB), , NSU

Reflection paper on OB Model

A model is an abstraction of reality, a simplified representation of some
real world’s phenomenon. It purposes three types of variables that’s
Input, Process and Outcomes at three levels of analysis that’s Individual,
Group, and Organizational .The model illustrates that inputs lead to
process, which lead to outcomes. The model also shows that outcomes
can influence inputs in the future, which highlights the broad-reaching
effect OB initiatives can have on an organization’s future.
Inputs
Inputs are the variables like personality, group structure, and
organizational structure that lead to processes .These variable set the
stage for what will occur in an organization later .Many are determined
in advance of the employment relationship .For example, individual
diversity characteristics, personality, and value are shaped by a
combination of an individual’s genetic inheritance and childhood
environment .Group structure ,roles, and team responsibilities are
typically assigned immediately before or after a group is formed.
Process
If inputs are like the nouns in OB, process are like verbs. Process are
actions that individual, groups, organizations engage in as of inputs and
that lead to certain outcomes. At the individual level, process include
emotions and moods, motivation perception, and decision making. At
the group level, they include communications, leadership power and
politics, and conflict, and negotiations .Finally, at the organizational
level process include human resource management and change practices.
Outcomes
Outcomes are the key variables that you want to explain or predict, and
that are effected by some other variables .Scholars have emphasized
individual level outcomes ,such attitude and stress, task performances,
citizenship behavior ,and withdrawal behavior .At the group level
,cohesion and functioning are the dependent variables. Finally at
organizational level, we look at overall productivity and survival
.Because these outcomes will covered in all the chapters, we’ll briefly
discuss each so you can understand what the global of OB will be.