Exploring Organizational Behavior Insights

Dec 16, 2024

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.

For more information, explore the speaker's resources online.