OB Notes
OB Notes
. BEHAVIOUR
1 Psychology 6 Semantics
2 Social Psychology 7 Physiology
3 Industrial Psychology 8 Economic
4 Cultural anthropology a Sociology
5 Political science
MAJOR ROLES OF OB
assesingattitude behav
1 Attaining org effectiveness of employeesfulfil humanneed
understand how individu
2 Sustaining changes in bus env acceptchanges
moulding employee behaviour
3 Overcoming competition to org benefit
accomplish personalgoals
4 Fulfilling human needs help motivates
ELEMENTS OF OB
1 People employees
bramework levels of hierchyrulesregulations
2 Structure politicie ref for coordinate and control
adaptChang tech efficiency
3 Technology
4 Environment interacts
i Internal employees management corpculto
n External customers suppliers competitors
govern demographic political social
legal eronomi
APPROACHES TO OB
1 Classical
Scientific Management
Bureaucratic Management
Administrative Management
2 Neo Classical Approach
Human resource approach
3 Modern Approach
Systems Approach
contingency approach
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
planning to work to achieve efficiency
standardisation specialization and Simplification
F W Taylor 4 Principles
1 No rule of thumb at workplace
2 Scientific selection of workers
3 Coperation not conflict
4 Scientific training of workers
BUREAUCRATIC MANAGEMENT
considers org as part of larger society
Based on principles of
1 Structure 4 stability
s
2 Specialisation rationality
3 Predictability 6 Democracy
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT
Henry Fayal
SYSTEMS APPROACH
1950s t also known as systems org theory
Org as a system of consciously coordinated
activities of various indi in an org
orgs purposly unified systems consisting
interrelated parts or subsystems departments
CONTINGENCY APPROACH
Each situation analysed carefully determine
significant variable establish most
effective org practice
Enternal env and internal env
form basis
of org structure
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR
It is the response of an individual
towards an action env person or stimuli
affects behaviour t work
i understand delegate job response accordingly
best outcome
1 Physical characteristics
2 Age
3 Gender
4 Religion
5 Marital Status
6 Experience
7 Intelligence
8 Ability
ABILITY
Ability is the capacity of a person to perform
a job handle a situation or innovate
directly impacts behaviour at workplace
Types of Ability
intellectual Physical
1 Number Apptitude 1 DynamicStrenght
2 Verbal Comprehension 2 Trunk Strenght
3 Perceptual speed 3 Static
4 Inductive Reasoning 4 Explosive
5 Deductive Reasoning 5 Extent flexibility
6Spacial visualisation 6 Dynamicflenibility
7 Memory 7 Stamina
8 Balance
VALUES
decision of moral and immoral depends it
valve
refers to an individual's inherit
principles pre determine his her
which
reactions in a particular situation
Built on basis of family by culture past
experiences ethical standars
Form base for indi's attitudes perception and
behaviour
Categorised as permanent
a
1 Terminal valves endstateof effortgoalsforthemselves
2 Instrumental Values meanstoachieveterminalvalues
changeable
Job Organisation
Satisfaction Involvement commitment
positivefeeling of
degree association healthyreishpwlorg
CHAP PERSONALITY
3
Personality is the set of traits possessed
by an individual that make them distinct
from others
determine behaviour
inherit traits
way they adjust to environment
determine level of adaptability performance
and team bonding ability
ELEMENTS OF PERSONALITY
person unique
FREUDIAN STAGES
Childhood enperiences have deep impact
1 The oral Stage wifancy interaction thru mouth
2 The Anal Stage 1 3years controlbladder toilettraining
3 The Phallic Stage 3 6 years developdiffbtw malefemale
4 The Latent Stage begins at ayers puberty
5 The Genital Stage begins at puberty laststill death
DETERMINANTS OF PERSONALITY
V
t t t t
I E scale
trust own internally controlled individuals
II
abilities
accept their behaviour'responsibe foroutcome
vulnerable El Enternally controlled individuals
blameother iscontrol out of hands faith luck
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Learning by watching
4 Social Learning Theory
2 Types of Perception
1 Visual Perception what sees interpreted
2 Auditory perception what hears interpreted
SO BC MODEL
Stimulus Organism Behaviour Consequence
helps understand predict control OB
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r employee and Stimulus a Organism Consequence
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PERCEPTION PROCESS
PERCEPTUAL SELECTIVITY
Individual brain only reacts to stimulus
they are interested in
Refers to the tendency of an individual to
select certain object in the environment
and disregard others
Governed by two aspects
1 Some stimuli unnoticed by human senses
2 Sensory adaption
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT
a active self presentation of a person aiming
to enhance his image in eyes of others
representing oneself in way other want to see
management dress
Appearance up certain way
perception of
1 Employee selection and Recruitment interviewer bias
perceptionofmanager
2 Employee performance appraisalabtemployee
comparing employees
favouring employees
3 Stereotyping and Halo effect
4 Meeting initial expectations of manager
5 forming a similar to me effect
6 forming a projection bias
7 Judging based on Primary effect
8 Judging based on Recency effect
CHAP
5 LEARNING
Learning is contestant
retains memory have learnt
Acquires new skills values knowledge
Relatively permanent change in behaviours
as result of experience
positive or negative change
Should be result of experience not biological
Change in behaviour thru experience
not a visible or observable process
THEORIES OF LEANING
BF Skinner
REINFOREMENT
a
process where a behaviour is strengthened
Reinforcement Theory
developed by B F Skinner
applied to motivate and retain employees
explains behaviour w o relying on unobservable
internal factors
increase
Tements 1 Positive Reinforcementencouragement
frequency
f Reinforce 2 Negative Reinforcementbyremovingstimulus
mentTheory 3 Punishment noscope ofoccuranceofundesirable
4 Extinction absenceof reinforcement
BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
Learning thru reinforcement
stages of behaviour modification
1 Antecedents A eventsbefore behaviour depicted
29 Behaviour B response to A
3 c result action response
Consequence of
REINFOREMENT SCHEDULES
PUNISHMENTS
deduct
Punishment ve consequent
Types 1 Positive presents
CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTIVATION
TYPES OF MOTIVES
MOTIVATIONAL APPROACHES
depending on source of motivation
THEORIES OF MOTIVATION
1 Content theories what ofmotivation needstgaals
CONTENT THEORIES
1 Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory
2 Herzberg Two factor Theory
3 Alderfer ERG Theory
4 McClelland Needs Theory
PROCESS THEORY
1 Goal Setting Theory
27 Vroom's expectancy theory
3 Porter's performance satisfaction Theory
4 EQuity theory
57 Reinforcement theory
Elemenifforts amt
of eners
2 Value of Reward worth
YffIt 3 PerceivedEffort Reward Probability
4 Performance efforsts performance
5 Reward benefits
GROUP DYNAMICS
process by which people interact
social
face to face in small groups
e describes how groups should be organised
IMPORTANCE OF GROUPS
commonplatform
1 Provide belonging
sense
of ness
2 Act as source of warmth supportperformbegin
3 Provide power authority to members
4 Provide security to empt
S Offer recognition and status brommembertorg
TYPES OF GROUPS
formedby
Formal Grouporg Group
Informalintimate
remotegeneral interactions
1 Secondary g nopersonalasson 1 Primary informalcommon
subordinatedirects interest
2 Command 9 reportstosenioronly 21 gayest common
taskproject
g to
complete
3 Task job 3 FriendshipTumarmageristic
solvecertain influentialgroup
4 committee problems y Reference
5 Membership
MODELS FOR COMMUNICATING IN
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FORMAL GROUPS
DYNAMICS OF GROUPS
5 Ambiguity
functioning a a
group depend on its
members ability to enchand ideas and
communicate effectively
TYPES OF TEAMS
PROBLEMS IN TEAMWORK
1 Clear Goal
2 Relevant skills
3 Mutual Trust
4 Unified commitment
5 Good communication
6 Negotiation Skills
7 Appropriate leaders
8 Internal support
9 External support
STRESSORS
factors that promote workplace stress
env conditions that cause stress
1 Role conflict
2 Role Ambiguity
3 Work overload
41 Resource inadequacy
5 Working conditions
6 Org culture and management style
Org monitoring
7
8 Job insecurity
SOURCES OF STRESS
Lackofcohesiveness
Lackof socialsupport
OUTCOMES OF STRESS
SOURCES OF CONFLICTS
DYSFUNCTIONAL CONFLICTS
functional conflic can turn into dysfunctional
consists of various disputes and disagreements
hinder performance of company
TYPES OF CONFLICTS
1 Inter personal 2 Inter group
B Intra individual
1 Bringing in outsiders
2 Restructuring the group
3 Appointing the Devil's Advocate
CHAP POWER AND POLITICS
Power is potential Ability to influence
others behaviour
is dynamic changes as situation indi change
SOURCES OF POWER
4 Machiavellianism at uncertainity in
decision making
3 Locus
of control
4 Risk seeking tendancy 3 Performance
pressure
FIVE FACTOR MODEL OF PERSONALITY
BIG FIVE OCEAN
4 trigger most significant variations in
individual personality
1 Openness curiousoriginal intellectual creative open
2 Conscientiousnessorganised systematic punctual achievemen
3 Extroversion outgoing talkative sociable
4 Agreeableness Affabletolerant sensitive kind warm
5 Neuroticism Anxious irritable moody
CHAP INTERNATIONAL OB
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