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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Chapter 5
CONTEXTUAL
PERSPECTIVES
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Individuals AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
THE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE
“theory of systems”
an interrelated set of elements
that function as a whole - inputs
are combined/transformed by
managers into outputs from the
systems.
THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ORGANIZATION
FEEDBACK
INPUTS OUTPUTS
ENVIRONMENT
TRANSFORMATION
VALUE OF THE SYSTEMS
PERSPECTIVE
underscores the importance of an
organization’s environment
conceptualizes the flow and interaction
of various elements of the organization
THE SITUATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Organizational
problems or Elements of the Contingent or
situations must be situation, which then situational ways of
evaluated in terms of suggest.. responding.
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UNIVERSAL APPROACH
ORGANIZATIONAL-LEVEL
OUTCOMES
MANAGING FOR EFFECTIVENESS