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After studying this chapter,
you should be able to:
1 Define organizational behavior (OB).
2 Describe what managers do.
3 Explain the value of the systematic study of
OB.
4 List the major challenges and opportunities for
managers to use OB concepts.
5 Identify the contributions made by major
behavioral science disciplines to OB.
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After studying this chapter,
you should be able to:
6 Describe why managers require a knowledge
of OB.
7 Explain the need for a contingency approach
to the study of OB.
8 Identify the three levels of analysis in this
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Managers (or administrators)
Individuals who achieve goals through other people
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Where Managers Work
Organization
A consciously coordinated social unit,
composed of two or more people, that
functions on a relatively continuous basis
to achieve a common goal or set of
goals
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Management Functions
Management Functions
Management Functions
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Management Functions (cont’d)
Planning
A process that includes defining goals,
establishing strategy, and developing
plans to coordinate activities
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Management Functions (cont’d)
Organizing
Determining what tasks are to be done,
who is to do them, how the tasks are to
be grouped, who reports to whom, and
where decisions are to be made
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Management Functions (cont’d)
Leading
A function that includes motivating
employees, directing others, selecting
the most effective communication
channels, and resolving conflicts
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Management Functions (cont’d)
Controlling
Monitoring activities to ensure they are being
accomplished as planned and correcting any
significant deviations
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Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles
E X H I B I T 1–1
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H Mintzberg Copyright © 1973
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Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–1 (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–1 (cont’d)
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H Mintzberg Copyright © 1973
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Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–1 (cont’d)
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H Mintzberg Copyright © 1973
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The ability to work with, understand,
and motivate other people, both
individually and in groups.
Conceptual Skills
The mental ability to analyze and
diagnose complex situations.
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Effective Versus Successful Managerial
3 Human resource management
• Motivating, disciplining, managing conflict, staffing,
3 Human resource management
• Motivating, disciplining, managing conflict, staffing,
and training
4 Networking
• Socializing, politicking, and interacting with others
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Allocation of Activities by Time
Source: Based on F Luthans, R.M Hodgetts, and S.A Rosenkrantz,
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Enter Organizational Behavior
Organizational behavior
(OB)
A field of study that
investigates the impact that
individuals, groups, and
structure have on behavior
within organizations, for the
purpose of applying such
knowledge toward improving
an organization’s effectiveness
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Replacing Intuition with Systematic Study
Systematic study
Looking at relationships, attempting to attribute
causes and effects, and drawing conclusions based
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Replacing Intuition with Systematic Study
The Facts Preconceived
Notions ≠
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Toward an OB Discipline
Toward an OB Discipline
E X H I B I T 1–3
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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d)
Psychology
The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes
change the behavior of humans and other animals.
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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d)
Sociology
The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings.
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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
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Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d)
E X H I B I T 1–3 (cont’d)
Political Science
The study of the behavior of individuals and groups
within a political environment
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Source: Drawing by Handelsman in The New Yorker, Copyright © 1986
by the New Yorker Magazine Reprinted by permission.
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There Are Few Absolutes in OB
Contingency Variables
Contingency variables
Situational factors: variables that moderate
the relationship between two or more other
variables and improve the correlation
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Challenges and Opportunities for OB
Responding to Globalization
low-cost labor
Managing Workforce Diversity
• Recognizing and responding to differences
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Domestic Partners
Domestic Partners
Major Workforce Diversity Categories
Race
Race Non-Christian
Non-Christian
National Origin
National Origin
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Challenges and Opportunities for OB (cont’d)
Improving Quality and Productivity
Responding to the Labor Shortage
Improving Customer Service
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What Is Quality Management?
1 Intense focus on the customer.
2 Concern for continuous improvement
3 Improvement in the quality of everything
the organization does.
4 Accurate measurement
5 Empowerment of employees
E X H I B I T 1–6
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Improving Quality and Productivity
Quality management (QM)
through the continuous improvement of all
organizational processes.
become more involved in workplace decisions.
Process reengineering
and their organization structured if they were starting over.
reengineering involves evaluating every process in
terms of its contribution.
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Challenges and Opportunity for OB (cont’d)
Improving People Skills
Empowering People
Stimulating Innovation and Change
Coping with “Temporariness”
Working in Networked Organizations
Helping Employees Balance Work/Life Conflicts
Improving Ethical Behavior
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Basic OB Model, Stage I
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The Dependent Variables
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The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
Productivity
A performance measure that includes
effectiveness and efficiency
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The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
organization
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The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
Organizational citizenship
behavior (OCB)
Discretionary behavior that is not
part of an employee’s formal job
requirements, but that nevertheless
promotes the effective functioning
of the organization
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The Dependent Variables (cont’d)
Job satisfaction
A general attitude toward one’s job, the difference
between the amount of reward workers receive and
the amount they believe they should receive
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The Independent Variables
The Independent Variables
Independent Variables
Independent Variables
Organization System-Level Variables
Group-Level Variables
Group-Level Variables
Independent variable
The presumed cause of some change in the dependent variable
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Basic OB Model, Stage II
Basic OB Model, Stage II
E X H I B I T 1–8