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Historical Development of Organisational Behaviour
Historical Development of Organisational Behaviour
Historical Development of Organisational Behaviour
OF ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR
AHIN
OBJECTIVE
What is an Organisation?
Organisational Behaviour
Historical Development
Organisation
organization - collection of
people, work together to
achieve
-individual goals,
-organizational goals.
Organisational Behaviour
WHAT PEOPLE DO
ORGANISATION
Historical Development
Contributions for OB
Plato
Aristotle
Confusius
Nicolas Machiavelli
Adam Smith
Max Weber
Aristotle
Contribution to Psychology-Para Psychic
Idea On society
1.Plant Soul - Nutrition
2.Animal Soul - Basic sensation, desire
3.Human Soul - Reason
Self Actualisation , id &ego
Nicolo Machiavelli
Organisational power & politics
Good
Bad
Monarchy - Tyranny
Aristocrats
- oligarchy
Democracy
- Anarchy
Rationality contd.
3.Substantive rationality - Orders actions
into pattern through cluster of values
4.Formal rationality
- Calculation of
means and ends
F.W.Taylor Scientific
managent
Principles
1.Selecting methods based on scientific
study
2.Train &develop employee.
3.Detailed supervision &instructing of
workers work
4.Divide work equally between managers
and workers.
F.W.Taylor contd
Introduced time study
Drawbacks :
Considered as dehumanizing.
Failed to say about feedback.
Douglas McGregor
Theory X
Average employee is lazy, dislikes work, and will try
to do as little as possible.
Managers task is to supervise closely and control
employees through reward and punishment.
Theory Y
Employees will do what is good for the organization
when committed.
When initiative work planned by manager workers
would participate initiatively.
Human capital
Investing in it result in increased
productivity and customer satisfaction.
Recently,
Social capital- who you know( network
friends )
Psychological capital who you
are(confidence,hope,who you can
become)
OB Models
By Keith Davis and Newstrom are:
1) Autocratic
2) Custodial
3) Supportive
4) Collegial
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