Organizational behavior

OUTLINE
 Definition of Organizational behavior
 Origin of Organizational behavior
 Theoretical frameworks
 Importance of Organizational behavior
 Conclusion

DEFINITION
 OB can be defined as the understanding,
prediction and management of human
behavior in organizations.
 Luthans,2010,p.20.
 OB is concerned with “The study of the
structure, functioning and performance of
organizations and the behavior of groups and
individuals within them.”
 Pugh,(1971)

ORIGIN OF OB
 Industrial Evolution
 F.W.Taylor-(1916) – scientific management
 Henry Fayol-(1916)-Principles of governing
behavior
 Elton Mayo-(1920)- Hawthrone’s experiments
 Peter Drucker-(1909-2005)- Modern
management,Innovation

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR
ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
 Cognitive Framework
 Behavioristic Framework
 Social Learning Framework

COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK
 This framework was introduced by the “Edward Tolman”
 Cognition means the mental action or process of acquiring
knowledge and understanding thought, experience and the
senses.
 Behavior is purposive (directed towards a purposes or goal)
 Learning consists of the expectancy that particular event
will leads to particular consequence.

BEHAVIORISTIC FRAMEWORK
 This framework developed by Ivan Pavlov and
J.B.Wotson
 Study learning by focusing on observable events, both
environmental and behavioral.
 OB can be explained with help of Stimulus and
Responses.
 Behavioristic framework
classical conditioning theory
operant condition theory (B.F.Skinner)

SOCIAL COGNITIVE FRAMEWORK
The theory explains human behavior in terms of
continuous reciprocal interaction among
cognitive, behavioral and environmental
influences.
Luthans, Fred (2005), Organizational Behavior, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill

IMPORTANCE OF OB
 Skill improvement
 Employee motivation
 Understand the nature of employee
 Efficiency and effectiveness
 Better environment of organization
Luthans, Fred (2005), Organizational Behavior, 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill

REFERENCES
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and Re- search, 1, 287-308.
 Kotter, J. P. (1982) What effective general managers
really do. Harvard Business Review, 60(6), 156-167.
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to training supervisors through behavioral modeling.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 64, 239-246.
 Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984) Stress, appraisal,
and coping. New York: Springer.
 Lent, R. W., & Hackett, G. (1987) Career self-efficacy:
Empir- ical status and future directions. Journal of
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