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The document provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in an organizational behavior course, including managing diversity, individual differences, attitudes and behaviors, motivation, managing stress and emotions, communication, conflicts, teams, leadership, power and politics, and organizational culture and change. It defines organizational behavior as the study of how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work. It also provides some examples and terminology related to organizational behavior.

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Organizational Behaviour - 1-1

The document provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in an organizational behavior course, including managing diversity, individual differences, attitudes and behaviors, motivation, managing stress and emotions, communication, conflicts, teams, leadership, power and politics, and organizational culture and change. It defines organizational behavior as the study of how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work. It also provides some examples and terminology related to organizational behavior.

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Organizational Behaviour

Lecture 1 – Part 1
By Otabek Khatamov
Organizational Behaviour - Lecture 1
Content

1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?


2. Why does organizational behavior matter?
3. How can I maximize my learning in this course?
4. What research methods are used to study organizational
behavior?
5. What challenges and opportunities exist for OB?
Organizational Behaviour –
Topics covered
 Introduction
 Managing Demographic and Cultural Diversity
 Understanding People at Work: Individual Differences and
Perception
 Individual Attitudes and Behaviors
 Motivation in Workplace
 Managing Stress and Emotions
Organizational Behaviour –
Topics covered
 Communication and Emotions
 Conflicts and Negotiations
 Managing Groups and Teams
 Leadership
 Power and Politics
 Organizational Culture
 Organizational Structure and Change
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?

 There are 4 main part in this course - Social cognitive


theory explains organizational behavior in terms

 1) environmental, contextual events;

 2) internal cognitive factors;

 3) the dynamics and behaviour management;

 4) outcomes of the organizational behavior itself – how


effectively manage an organization.
What is behavior?
 The cognitive approach emphasizes the positive and freewill aspects
of human behavior and uses concepts such as 1) expectancy, 2)
demand, and 3) intention. Cognition, is the basic unit of the
cognitive framework, can be simply defined as the act of knowing an
item of information. Under this framework, cognitions precede
behavior and constitute input into the person’s thinking, perception,
problem solving, and information processing. Concepts such as
cognitive maps can be used as pictures or visual aids in
comprehending a person’s “understanding of particular, and selective,
elements of the thoughts (rather than thinking) of an individual,
group or organization.”
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?

Let’s start with some cases


 Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Inc., a billion-dollar
cosmetics company, makes a point, saying, “People are
definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any
difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company
is only as good as the people it keeps.”

 Steve Jobs is known for developing innovative products by


hiring the right people for the job and fostering a culture of
hard work and creativity.
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?
Organizations
 When we refer to organizations, we will include examples that may apply
to diverse organizations such as publicly held, for-profit organizations
like Google and American Airlines, privately owned businesses such as S.
C. Johnson & Son Inc. (makers of Windex glass cleaner) and Mars Inc.
(makers of Snickers and M&Ms), and not-for-profit organizations such as
the Sierra Club or Mercy Corps, and nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs) such as Doctors Without Borders and the International Red Cross.
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?

Organizations
 An organization is a consciously coordinated social unit, made up of a
group of people, who work together on common goals on a relatively
continuous basis. Manufacturing and service firms are organizations,
and so are schools, hospitals, military units, retail stores, police
departments, volunteer organizations, start-ups, and local,
provincial, and federal government agencies.
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?
 Organizational behavior (OB) is defined as the systematic study and
application of knowledge about how individuals and groups act within
the organizations where they work.

 Not fully mixed with Psychology — but we might draw on research


about twins raised apart to understand whether job attitudes are
affected by genetics.
1.What is organizational behavior (OB)?

Terminology
 Paradigm
James Brian Quinn offers the “intelligent enterprise” as new paradigm.
He believes that “the organization of enterprises and effective strategies
will depend more on development and deployment of intellectual resources
than on the management of physical assets.”

 Corporate Management, Board of Directors, Executive Director, Shareholders


meetings, Conflict of Interest, Agency theory
Tutorial task

Read the text book and study the following questions:

 What is Gallup Evidence-based Approach?

 List main “steps” along The Gallup Path™ progress


 List Q12® questions that Gallup consultants are using?

 Be ready to participate in discussion and provide real


examples, facts and details from Gallup Evidence-based
Approach

 + All new definitions

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