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OB is a field of study • First knowledge from wide variety of disciplines is necessary for the effective study and management of organizations • Second, Knowledge from these disciplines can be and should be applied to problems of the management of people • Third, the application of knowledge can result in simultaneous increase in organizational effectiveness and the psychological health and growth of Organizational Participants IS OB a USEFUL CONCEPT? • Behavior is behavior whether it occurs in organizations or not and Organizational often influences people to look for non existent differences or discontinuities between behavior in general and behavior which occurs in organizations • OB term is useful in three ways • It suggests that Problems in Modern organizations must be approached at both the Psychological and Sociological Level • Even though behavior is behavior whether it occurs inside or outside the organizations some determinants are more important in organizational settings than in other situations • A third advantage of term although potentially a disadvantage too. OB is more likely to be offered by business and professional schools than by departments of Psychology and Sociology. • In comparison with Foundation disciplines the emphasis of the area is more Clinical and Practical than Theoretical. However this Practical tendency does not mean that Theory is not Important in Organizational Behavior Individual Behavior • 1.What is man basically like?(what is his basic nature and how malleable is he) • 2.How do people interact with their social and physical environment? (how do they view their environment and learn about it) • 3.What causes men to act or behave? (what motivates man) Questions • Finally in view of your answers to the first THREE questions, 2.How could you design a society or a social system which could change the man in any directions which you would like to change? 3.What Problems would you face in developing such system? 4.How would you apply these principles to the design of the work organizations ?
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