Organisational Behaviour

T.Sivagnana Selvakumar
It's better to hang out with people better than
you. Pick out associates whose behavior is
better than yours and you'll drift in that
direction.
Warren Buffett
What do you want to learn in MBA?
 Subject (Domain) knowledge
 Communication skills
 Leadership skills
 People skills
 Skills economy
 Recent report by Mercer, 55% of surveyed organizations are
planning to increase their headcount in 2018. (Internet startups
and online retail foray)

 Newer skills, such as social media expertise, app development

and cloud computing.

 ‘New collar Jobs’ – Technical and behavioural skills

 AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, Sustainability, Cyber

security and People skills are expected to be in demand skills
for the Indian market by 2020.
People skills
 People skills.mp4
 Office Worker Loses it.mp4
Who are you in this world of business?
What is an organisation?
 Was that an organization?
 What do you think is an organization?
 What happens there?
Is this what happens????
Or this?
So, who is in an organisation?
 Individual
 Teams
Hierarchy
 Organisation
A consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or
more people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to
achieve a common goal or set of goals.
Is that a Giraffe?
What about this!!!
And these!!!!
 Yes you can work, play, read , sleep all at one organization in
the world………….
 Why study OB?

 Understand self and understand others

 Group / team and behaviour
 Organisation
What is Organisational behaviour?
 OB is the field of study that investigates the impact that
individuals, groups, structure have on behaviour within
organizations in order to improve the organization’s effectiveness.

Organisation

Behaviour