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Introduction to
Organizational Behavior
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OB
Management duties
What managers do
Management roles
Management skills
Management functions
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
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Management functions
Interpersonal
roles
Informational
roles
Decisional
roles
Management skills
Technical
Human
skills
skills
Conceptual
skills
Goals of Organizational
Behavior
Explain,
predict, and
control human behavior
What
other knowledge
help us understand OB?
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Contributing Disciplines
Psychology seeks to
measure,explain,
and change
behavior
Sociology studies
people in relation to their
fellow human beings
Social psychology
focuses on the
influence of people
on one another
Anthropology is the
study of societies
to learn about human
beings and their activities
OB Model
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Dependent variable
Productivity
Absenteeism
Turnover
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Job satisfaction
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Organizational citizenship
Discretionary behavior
Not part of an employee's formal job
requirements
Promotes the effective functioning of the
organization
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Examples of Organizational
Citizenship
Helping
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Independent variables
Individual variables
Group variables
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Challenges and
Opportunities for OB
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Typical
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Responding to Globalization
Increased
Foreign Assignments
Working with People from Different
Cultures
Coping with Anti-Capitalism Backlash
Overseeing Movement of Jobs to
Countries with Low-cost Labor
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Managing Diversity
Workforce diversity
-organizations are
becoming a more
heterogeneous mix of
people in terms of gender,
age, race, ethnicity, and
sexual orientation
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Diversity Implications
Managers
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OB Insights
Improving
People Skills
Improving Customer Service
Empowering People
Working in Networked Organizations
Stimulating Innovation and Change
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OB Insights
Coping
with Temporariness
Helping Employees Balance Work/Life
Conflicts
Declining Employee Loyalty
Improving Ethical Behavior
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