Human Resource Management –

MGT - 501

Lecture 4
Organizational Behavior
Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed
mukhtar59@yahoo.com
Virtual University – Pakistan
www.vu.edu.pk
 Summary of Lecture 3
 What is an Organization
 Types of Organization
 Components of an Organization

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 Today’s Topics

 Concepts of people working together

 Organizations and human behavior

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People Working Together

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In Organizations…..

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 Why work together?

People can be more productive when

working in groups than when working
alone.

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 Management and Myths

What Managers can do and what Managers

can’t do when managing people,
organizations and society.

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Why to work in organization
…?

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Link individuals into
relationships

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Allocate the tasks to fulfill the
objective

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Allocate authority to perform
individual tasks

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Coordinate the objectives and
activities of separate units

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Organizations and Human
Behavior

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Facilitate the flow of work

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Organizational Behavior
(OB)

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 OB

Systematic Study of how people behave in

organizations

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 OB (cont…)
The field of Organizational Behavior has
developed to help us better understand
the behavior of individuals and Groups

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 Psychosocial

Interpersonal Behavioral

Organizational
Behavior

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 Today’s Summary
 Concepts of people working together
 Organization and human behavior

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Why Do We Study OB?

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To learn about yourself and how to
deal with others

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You are part of an organization now, and will
continue to be a part of various organizations

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 Understand
organizational
events

Organizational
Behavior
Research

Influence Predict
organizational organizational
events events
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Human Behavior

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 Work
Performance
Design
Appraisal
Communication

Jobs

Organizational
Structure
Organizational
Design
Human
Behavior
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Understanding the Basics of
Human Behavior

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Heredity Individual Environment
Differences
Framework

Abilities Work-Related
Values Attitudes
and Skills

Work-Related
Behaviors
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Variables Influencing
Individual Behavior

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 The Person
• Skills & abilities The Environment
• Personality • Organization
• Perceptions • Work group
• Attitudes • Job
•Values • Personal life
• Ethics

Behavior
B = f(P,E) Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed
Basic OB Model

Organization level

Group level

Individual level

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 Today’s Summary
 Individuals
 Groups
 teams

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Next

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Enough for today. . .

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 Next….

Individual
Vs
Group behavior