Chapter 1 Outline
        • Defining Organizational Behaviour
        • OB: Making Sense of Behaviour in 
            Organizations
        • How Will Knowing OB Make a Difference?
        • Today’s Challenges in the Canadian Workplace
        Chapter 1, Nancy Langton and Stephen P. Robbins, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Third Canadian Edition                                                                                                  1-2
       Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada
           What Is Organizational Behaviour?
        1.    What is organizational behaviour?
        2.    Isn’t organizational behaviour common sense? Or 
              just like psychology?
        3.    How does knowing about organizational behaviour 
              make work and life more understandable?
        4.    What challenges do managers and employees face 
              in the workplace of the twenty-first century?
        Chapter 1, Nancy Langton and Stephen P. Robbins, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Third Canadian Edition                                                                                                  1-3
       Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada
                               Organizational 
                                      Behaviour
             •     . . .  a field of study that investigates 
                 how individuals, groups and structure 
                 affect and are affected by behaviour 
                 within organizations, for the purpose of 
                 applying such knowledge toward 
                 improving an organization’s 
                 effectiveness.
                    Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
                    Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education Canada Inc. 
                      Why Do We Study OB?
        • To learn about yourself and others
        • To understand how the many organizations you 
            encounter work.
        • To become familiar with team work
        • To help you think about the people issues faced by 
            managers and entrepreneurs
        Chapter 1, Nancy Langton and Stephen P. Robbins, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Third Canadian Edition                                                                                                  1-5
       Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education Canada
       .                             What is an 
                                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
                    Chapter 1, Stephen P. Robbins and Nancy Langton, Fundamentals of Organizational Behaviour, Second Canadian Edition.
                    Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education Canada Inc.