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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR BRANCHES AND Satellite CAMPUSES
BATAAN BRANCH

This module is designed to familiarize you with the Introduction/Overview of the

course Human Behavior in Organization.

Module Objectives:
Goals, Elements and Benefits of studying Human Behavior in Organization

Brief History of the Human Behavior in Organization

Course Materials:

What is Human behavior?

The potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during
the phases of human life. https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-behavior

What is Organizational behavior?

‘involves the study and application of knowledge about how people act within organizations,
as individuals and within groups’ (Newstrom and Davis 2002: 4).
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-organisational-behaviour/0/steps/47332

The Goals of Organizational Behavior

 Explain, Predict, and Control behavior

Elements of Organizational Behavior

 STEP – 1. Structure 2. Technology 3. Environment 4. People

Benefits of Studying Organizational Behavior

 SPED- 1. Sharpening and Refinement of common sense
2. Personal Growth
3. Enhancement of organizational and individual effectiveness
4. Development of people skills

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The level of Analysis

Organizartional
Level

Group Level

Individual Level

Brief history of Organizational Behavior (OB)

Frederick W. Taylor - Scientific Management Movement

Elton Mayo - Hawthorne Effect 1920

Sigmund Freud - Irrational motives make up hidden subconcious mind

J.B. Watson - Learned Behavior Theory

B. F. Skinner - Behavior Modification

Carl Rogers - Person Centered

Fritz Perls - Organized whole

Abraham Maslow - Self-Actualization

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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR BRANCHES AND Satellite CAMPUSES
BATAAN BRANCH

Discipline that Contribute to the Organizational Behavior Field

ETHICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

ETHICS- Refers to the set of moral choices a person makes based on what he or she ought to do.

ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS- These are moral principles that define right or wrong behavior in
organizations.

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR- This refers to behavior that is accepted as morally “good” and “right” as opposed to
“bad” and “wrong”.

CONSTITUTES RIGHT AND WRONG BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATION

1. The public
2. Interest Group
3. Organizations
4. The individual’s personal morals and values

ETHICAL ISSUES- There are important ethical issues that confront organizations.

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POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR BRANCHES AND Satellite CAMPUSES
BATAAN BRANCH

Trivia:
1. People exhibit certain behavior in and out of organizations.
2. Organizational Behavior is not an instant invention of man.
3. If the organization is expected to survive, its actions must be in consonance with ethical
behavior.

Fill in the Blanks:

1. __________________ refers to the physical action of a person that can be seen or heard.
2. __________________ is the study of human behavior in organizations, of the interaction
between individual and organization.
3. The ______________ defines the formal relationship of people in the organization.
4. To succeed in his chosen career, the person needs the skill in doing his work and _______.
5. The elements of OB are people, structure, technology, and ______________.
6._________________ is the well-known disciple of the scientific management approach.
7. _________________ formulated the theory of learned behavior.
8. _________________ refers to the set of moral choices a person makes based on what he or
she ought to do.
9. _________________ are moral principle that defines right or wrong behavior in organizations.
10. What constitutes right and wrong behavior in organization is determine by the public, interest
group, _________________ and the individual’s morals and values.

Please Don’t forget! Save your work in PDF format then send it to our Google classroom.

Medina,RobertoG(2011)HumanBehaviorinOrganization1sted:Sampaloc,Manila
Rex Bookstore, Inc.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-behavior

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-organisational- behaviour/0/steps/47332

https://2012books.lardbucket.org/pdfs/an-introduction-to-organizational-behavior-v1.1.pdf

http://homepages.se.edu/cvonbergen/files/2018/03/Essentials-of-Organizational-
Behavior_14th-ed_Chapters-1-and-2.pdf

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