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Environmental Factors in Organizational Behavior

The lecture on Environmental Factors Affecting Organizational Behavior defines Organizational Behavior as a field that studies the impact of individuals, groups, and structures on behavior within organizations to enhance effectiveness. It emphasizes the importance of interpersonal skills for managers, highlighting that leadership and communication are critical for success. Additionally, it outlines essential management skills, contributing disciplines, and the challenges and opportunities faced in the field of Organizational Behavior.

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Environmental Factors in Organizational Behavior

The lecture on Environmental Factors Affecting Organizational Behavior defines Organizational Behavior as a field that studies the impact of individuals, groups, and structures on behavior within organizations to enhance effectiveness. It emphasizes the importance of interpersonal skills for managers, highlighting that leadership and communication are critical for success. Additionally, it outlines essential management skills, contributing disciplines, and the challenges and opportunities faced in the field of Organizational Behavior.

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Environmental Factors

Affecting Organizational
Behavior
Lec. 1
Contents of this Lecture
At the end of this lecture, you should be able to:
1. Define Organizational Behavior
2. Explain the concept of organizational Behavior.
3. The Importance of Interpersonal Skills
4. Contributing Disciplines to OB
5. What Managers Do ?
6. Essential Management Skills
7. Challenges and Opportunities for OB
01
Define
Organizational
Behavior
Organizational Behavior
definition
Organizational Behavior

A field of study that


investigates the impact that
individuals, groups, and
structure have on behavior
within organizations, for the
purpose of applying such
knowledge toward improving an
organization’s effectiveness.
1-7

The Importance of Interpersonal Skills

● Understanding OB helps determine manager


effectiveness
○ Technical and quantitative skills are important
○ But leadership and communication skills are CRITICAL

● Organizational benefits of skilled managers


○ Lower turnover of excellence employees
○ Higher quality applications for recruitment
○ Better financial performance
1-8

What Managers Do ?

● They get things done through other people.

● Management Activities:
○ Make decisions
○ Allocate resources
○ Direct activities of others to attain goals

● Work in an organization
○ A consciously coordinated social unit composed of two or more
people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a
common goal or set of goals.
1-9

Essential Management Skills


● Technical Skills
○ The ability to apply specialized
knowledge or expertise

● Human Skills
○ The ability to work with, understand,
and motivate other people, both
individually and in groups

● Conceptual Skills
○ The mental ability to analyze and
diagnose complex situations
1-10

Contributing Disciplines

Many behavioral
sciences Psychology

have contributed to
the development of Social
Psychology

Organizational
Behavior Sociology Anthropology
1-11

Challenges and Opportunities for OB

● Responding to Globalization
● Managing Workforce Diversity
● Improving Quality and
Productivity
● Improving Customer Service
● Improving People Skills
1-12

Challenges and Opportunities for OB

● Stimulating Innovation and Change


● Working in Networked Organizations
● Helping Employees Balance Work-Life
Conflicts
● Creating a Positive Work Environment
● Improving Ethical Behavior
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