Characteristics of Organizational Behavior

6. A BODY OF THEORY,
RESEARCH AND
APPLICATIONS
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Organizational behavior consists of a
body of theory, research and
application which helps in
understanding the human behavior in
organization. All these techniques help
the managers to solve human problems
in organization.
Itis an inter-disciplinary field
and has its roots in sociology
and psychology.
Sociology

Organizational behaviour is
based on sociology, as the word
organization itself represents
social collectivity.
Psychology

The subject encompasses the

study of people, individually and in
groups at the workplace.

Grant E. Avila BSA-4