Importance of Organizational Behavior.
Organizational Behavior is a systematic study of behavior of upper management, managers and employees and its impact on the performance of organization. The purpose of the study is to draw optimum performance from all the employees. In today's world, the environment of business is changing constantly. As a result, the manager has to play increasingly important role. With recent increase in workload, responsibilities and diversities, the importance of managers in a working environment has also increased. In order to help managers and supervisors learn more about the complexity of the new workforce many different studies have been developed. One area of study that has increased in importance over the years is the study of Organizational Behavior. This paper first defines exactly what organizational behavior is and discusses its importance.
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What is Organizational Behavior? The simplest definition of OB is - study of people and their behavior. It is concerned with the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations and can be understood in terms of three levels of analysis: the individual, the team, and the organization. Organizations exist in an environment that is constantly changing. As a result, they must become flexible enough to respond to these changes in order to remain successful and to survive. Some of the major changes facing organizations today include domestic and international competition and increasing diversity in the workplace. Organizational behaviors can help individuals, managers and organizations respond to these changes by understanding differences in individuals and their cultural values, managing diversity, and improving the quality of performance and thereby increasing productivity. Organizational behavior is a vast topic and a number of factors have to be considered for a complete study. In this paper we will focus on a few important factors - job satisfaction, motivation and interpersonal skills.
