Chapter 1: What is Organizational Behaviour?

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Processes

Actions that individuals, groups, and organizations engage in as a result of inputs that had to certain outcomes

Contingency Approach

An approach taken by OB that considers behaviours within the context which it occurs

Organizational Behaviour

A field of study that looks at the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organizations

OB building block: Sociology

Studies people in relation to their social environment and culture

1. psychology 2. social psychology 3. sociology 4. anthropology

The 4 building blocks of OB

OB building block: Anthropology

- Study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities - Identifies differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behaviour between people in different countries and within different organizations

Individual, group, organizational

3 levels of analysis

1. inputs 2. processes 3. outcomes

3 types of variables in a basic ob model

Organization

A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of a group of people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals

1. New psychological contract between organizations and employees (unwritten expectations and returns) 2. Stress and work-life balance

Individual challenges in todays workplace

Outcomes

Key variable that you want to explain or predict, and that are affected by some other variables

1. Nonstandard employment (flexible, part-time, gig, and contingent work) 2. Global competition 3. Workforce diversity

Organizational Challenges in todays workplace

OB building block: Social Psychology

People's influence on one another

OB building block: Psychology

Seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals

Inputs

Set the stage for what will occur in the organization later


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