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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