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This document provides an introduction to human behavior in organizations. It discusses how individual differences influence how people behave at work. Studying organizational behavior helps understand what motivates employees and improves performance. The document outlines some key aspects of organizational behavior including attitudes, personality, perception, learning, and stress management. It also discusses the importance of understanding both the internal and external factors that influence human behavior in organizations.

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Introduction To Human Behavior in The Organization (Autosaved)

This document provides an introduction to human behavior in organizations. It discusses how individual differences influence how people behave at work. Studying organizational behavior helps understand what motivates employees and improves performance. The document outlines some key aspects of organizational behavior including attitudes, personality, perception, learning, and stress management. It also discusses the importance of understanding both the internal and external factors that influence human behavior in organizations.

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Introduction to

Human
Behavior in the
Organization
Lecture by
Dean Maria Paz A. Magsalin
Dynamics of Behavior in
Organizations
Managers need to understand the
way individuals & groups act
• Employees and managers bring their individual
differences to work each day
• Differences in attitudes, values, personality, and
behavior influence
 how people interpret an assignment,
 whether they like to be told what to
do
 how they handle challenges
 how they interact with others

2
• The study of 
organizational behaviour gives
insight on how employees behave
and perform in the workplace. It
Importance helps us develop an
understanding of the aspects that
of the Study can motivate employees, increase
their performance, and help
of HBO organizations establish a strong
and trusting relationship with
their employees.
Dynamics of Behavior in Organizations

• Attitudes
• Personality
• Perception
• Learning
• Stress management

4
Organizational Behavior or HBO

Interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of:

attitudes
behavior
performance

5
What is
Human
Behavior in • The study of individual behavior
Organizations and group dynamics in an
organization.
(HBO)?
Organizational Behavior: Dynamics in
Organizations

Psychosocial

Interpersonal
Organizational Behavioral
Behavior
Organizational Variables that
Affect Human Behavior

Performance Work
Appraisal Design

Communication

Jobs

Organizational
Structure Human Organizational
Behavior Design
Internal/External Perspective of Human
Behavior
Internal Perspective External Perspective
Understand Thoughts,feelings, External events, environmental
behavior in past experiences, and forces, & behavioral
terms of needs consequences

Explain Individuals’ history & Surrounding external events &


behavior by personal value system environmental forces
examining

Each perspective has produced


motivational & leadership theories.
Sociology
the science
Psychology of society
the science of Engineering
human behavior the applied science
of energy & matter
Interdisciplinary
Anthropology Influences on
the science of the Organizational Medicine
learned behavior
of human beings
Behavior the applied science of
healing or treatment of
diseases to enhance an
Management individual’s health and
the study of overseeing well-being
activities and supervising
people in organizations
1. Task - an organization’s mission, purpose, or goal
for existing
2. People - the human resources of the organization
Components 3. Structure - the manner in which an organization’s
work is designed at the micro level; how
of an departments, divisions, & the overall
organization are designed at the macro level
Organization 4. Technology - the intellectual and mechanical
processes used by an organization to transform
inputs into products or services that meet
organizational goals
Open Systems
View of Task environment:
Organization Competitors
Unions
Regulatory agencies
Clients

Structure
Inputs:
Material Outputs:
Capital Task Technology Products
Human Services

People
(Actors)

Organizational Boundary
Based on Harold Levitt, “Applied Organizational Change in
Industry: Structural, Technological, and Humanistic Approaches,” in J.G.
March (ed.), Handbook of Organizations, Rand McNally, Chicago, 1965,
p. 1145. Reprinted by permission of James G. March
Why is an organization an open system?

The external environment A highly effective


includes a wide variety of organization is regularly
needs and influences that exchanging feedback with its
can affect the organization external environment….this
but which the organization is what we call an OPEN
cannot directly control… ORGANIZATION.
Formal vs. Formal Organization - the official,
legitimate, and most visible part of the
Informal system
Informal Organization - the unofficial and
Organization less visible part of the system

Hawthorne Studies: studies conducted during the 1920s


and 1930s that discovered the existence of the informal
organization
Formal organization
(overt)
Formal & Goals & objectives
Informal Policies & procedures
Elements of Job descriptions
Organizations Financial resources
Authority structure
Communication channels
Products & services
Social
Surface
Informal organization
(covert)
Beliefs & assumptions
Perceptions & attitudes
Values
Feelings, such as fear, joy
anger, trust, & hope
Group norms
Informal leaders
Learning about Organizational
Behavior

Mastery of Development of Application


basic objective specific skills** of knowledge
knowledge* and abilities and skills

* Objective knowledge ** Skill development


knowledge that results the mastery of abilities
from research and essential to successful
scholarly activities functioning in organizations
end

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