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OBJECTIVES
LEARNING
Effective
Effective Versus
Versus Successful
Successful Managerial
Managerial
Activities
Activities (Luthans)
(Luthans)
1.
1. Traditional
TraditionalManagement
Management
Decision
Decisionmaking,
making,planning,
planning,and
andcontrolling
controlling
2.
2. Communication
Communication
Exchanging
Exchangingroutine
routineinformation
informationand
andprocessing
processing
paperwork
paperwork
3.
3. Human
HumanResource
ResourceManagement
Management
Motivating,
Motivating,disciplining,
disciplining,managing
managingconflict,
conflict,staffing,
staffing,
and
andtraining
training
4.
4. Networking
Networking
Socializing,
Socializing,politicking,
politicking,and
andinteracting
interactingwith
withothers
others
Allocation
Allocation of
of Activities
Activities by
by Time
Time
Enter
Enter Organizational
Organizational Behavior
Behavior
What is OB:
Complementing
Complementing Intuition
Intuition with
with Systematic
Systematic Study
Study
Intuition
feelings which are not necessarily supported by research
or facts.
Systematic Study
Looking at relationships, attempting to attribute causes
and effects, and drawing conclusions based on scientific
evidence. (Event Based Management)
Nature
Nature of
of People
People (Fundamentals
(Fundamentals of
of OB)
OB)
Individual Differences
Perception
Whole Person
Motivated Behavior
Desire to involve
Value of person
(Extracted from Organizational Behavior- Behavior at workplace by John Newstrom)
Forces Affecting OB
Challenges
Challenges and
and Opportunities
Opportunities for
for OB
OB
Responding to Globalization
Increased foreign assignments
Working with people from different cultures
Overseeing movement of jobs to countries
with low-cost labor
Managing Workforce Diversity
Embracing diversity
Changing demographic pattern
Implications for managers
Recognizing and responding to differences
Major
Major Workforce
Workforce Diversity
Diversity Categories
Categories
Gender
Gender
National
National
Origin
Origin
Disability
Disability
Age
Age
Race
Race
Religion
Religion
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Challenges
Challenges and
and Opportunities
Opportunities for
for OB
OB (contd)
(contd)
What
What Is
Is Quality
Quality Management?
Management?
Accurate measurement
Empowerment of employees
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Challenges
Challenges and
and Opportunity
Opportunity for
for OB
OB (contd)
(contd)
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
Managing people during the war on terrorism
Basic
Basic OB
OB Model,
Model, Stage
Stage II
Model
An abstraction of reality
A simplified representation of
some real-world phenomenon
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The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables
Dependent Variable
A response that is affected by an independent variable (what
organizational behavior researchers try to understand)
The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables (contd)
(contd)
Productivity
A performance measure that
includes effectiveness and efficiency
Effectiveness
Achievement of goals
Efficiency
Meeting goals at a low cost
The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables (contd)
(contd)
Absenteeism
The failure to report to work
Turnover
The voluntary and
involuntary permanent
withdrawal from an
organization
The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables (contd)
(contd)
Deviant Workplace Behavior
Voluntary behavior that violates
significant organizational norms and
thereby threatens the well-being of the
organization and/or any of its members
The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables (contd)
(contd)
Organizational Citizenship Behavior
(OCB)
Discretionary behavior that is not
part of an employees formal job
requirements, but that nevertheless
promotes the effective functioning of
the organization
The
The Dependent
Dependent Variables
Variables (contd)
(contd)
Job Satisfaction
A general attitude (not a behavior) toward ones job; a
positive feeling of one's job resulting from an evaluation of
its characteristics
The
The Independent
Independent Variables
Variables
Independent Variable
The presumed cause of some change in the dependent
variable; major determinants of a dependent variable
Independent
Independent
Variables
VariablesCan
CanBe
Be
Individual-Level
Individual-Level
Variables
Variables
Group-Level
Group-Level
Variables
Variables
Organization
Organization
System-Level
System-Level
Variables
Variables
Basic OB
Model, Stage
II
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