Fundamental Concepts of Organizational Behavior

In every field of social science, or even physical science, has a philosophical foundation
of basic concepts that guide its development. There are some certain philosophical
concepts in organizational behavior also. The concepts are:

Individual differences:
Every individual in the world is different from others. This idea is supported by science.
Each person is different from all others, probably in million ways, just as each persons
DNA profile is different.
The idea of individual difference comes originally from psychology. From the day of
birth, each person is unique, and individual experiences after birth tend to make people
even more different.

Perception:
Peoples perceptions are also differ when they see an object. Two people can differently
present a same object. And this is occurring for their experiences. A person always
organizes and interprets what he sees according to his lifetime of experience and
accumulated value.
Employees also see work differently for differ in their personalities, needs, demographics
factors, past experiences and social surrounding.

A whole person:
An employee's personal life is not detached from his working life. As an example, A
women who attend the office at 8:30 AM is always anxious for her children's school time
(if her children able to attend the school or not). As a result, its impact falls on her
concentration that means her working life. For this reason, we cannot separate it. So
manager should treat an employee as a whole person.

Motivated behavior:
An employee has so many needs inside him. So, they want to fulfill those needs. That's
why; they had to perform well in the organization. Some motivations are needed to enrich
the quality of work. A path toward increased need fulfillment is the better way of
enriches the quality of work.

Desire for involvement:

Every employee is actively seeking opportunities at work to involve in decision-making
problems. They hunger for the chance to share what they know and to learn from the
experience. So, organization should provide them a chance to express their opinions,
ideas and suggestion for decision-making problem. A meaningful involvement can bring
mutual benefit for both parties.

Value of the person:

An employee wants to be treated separately from other factor of production (land, capital,
labor). They refuse to accept the old idea that they are simply treated as economic tools
because they are best creation of almighty Allah. For this reason, they want to be treated
with carrying respect, dignity and other things from their employers and society.

The nature of organization:-

There are two assumptions as to nature of organization.
1.) Social Systems:
Organizations are social systems and governed by social and psychological laws. They
have social roles and status. Their behavior influenced by their group's individual drives.
Organization environment in a social system is dynamic. All parts of the system are
interdependent.
2.) Mutual interest:
In order to develop the organization behavior mutually of interest organizations and
people is necessary. Organizations need people and people in tern need organizations.
People satisfy their needs through organization and organization accomplish their goal
through people.

Ethics:
In order to attract and retain valuable employees in an era in which good workers are
constantly required away, ethical treatment is necessary. To succeed, organization must
treat employees in an ethical fashion. Every Company is required to establish codes of
ethics, publicized statements of ethical values, provided ethics training, rewarded
employees for notable ethical behavior, publicized positive role models, and set up
internal procedures to handle misconduct.