Organizational Behavior: An Overview

Introduction

• Speaker: Dan Green, the I.O. Shinobi.
• Purpose: To explain organizational behavior in 99 seconds.

What is Organizational Behavior?

• Individual Level:
  • Studies personality types, perception, attitudes, motivation, stress, emotions, judgment, and commitment.
• Group Level:
  • Studies structure, leadership circles, power systems, group dynamics, politics, and spheres of influence.
• Collective Level:
  • Studies processes, reward systems, motivation structures, performance, job satisfaction, work-life balance, and culture.

Importance of Analyzing Organizational Behavior

• Uses theory and real-world applications.
• Discovers factors driving decision-making in individual behavior.
• Investigates personality types within the organization.
• Analyzes how employees manage stress.
• Determines motivation sources.

Outcomes of Analyzing Organizational Behavior

• Combines individual characteristics with organizational processes to form the collective personality or corporate psychology.
• Identifies cultural dimensions, which can be toxic or beneficial to organizational health.
• Uses qualitative and quantitative methods to capture business intelligence:
  • Design processes, programs, and governance.
  • Achieve desired future state behaviors.
  • Avoid negative contributors to corporate psychosis.

Benefits

• Provides insight into individual and collective aspects of the organization.
• Ensures the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
• Offers a roadmap to future success for individuals and organizations.

Conclusion

• Emphasizes the importance of understanding organizational behavior.
• Encourages exploring organizational behavior consulting for business success.

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