Operating Definition

            
             Organizational Behavior is how groups of people plan, react, and overcome obstacles together for a common cause. This is a short definition of a very complex culture of teams, groups, and companies. It is hard to determine the exact culture of a company due the human factor. There are many factors involved with the human behavior in a working environment. The list of factors that must be considered include, work performance, equal opportunities at work, job design, career processes, occupational stress, quality of work life, job satisfaction, personnel selection, training, organizational change, managerial behavior, organizational structure, leadership and power. Because an organization is made up of people and their relationships with one another, Leadership plays a big part in the culture of a company. With new trends in management being designed to empower it employees with greater opportunities to learn and contribute as they work together toward common goals, the culture within is usually up beat, positive, and successful. This is the type of organization that is usually labeled as a best place to work. While not all companies subscribe to this type of management style they are still successful and due to human aspect one can give many reasons why.
             The structure and design of the organization facilitates its success. The horizontal management flow is the new structure for today's corporations. The horizontal corporations are shifting away from the top-heavy organizations of the past. The Horizontal organization and the Learning team environment utilized in the graduate program at the university of Phoenix are extremely similar, and it allows for autonomy of the workflow for its team members. There are several key components for the team environment to be successful. The teams must be empowered with decision-making authority, which means members have the freedom to plan, solve problems, set priorities, spend money, monitor results and coordinate activities with other departments or teams.