Introduction to Organisational

Behaviour
Organisational Behaviour & Behavioural Psychology
BBA-LLB
Semester 1
Concept
Organizational Behavior is the
observation of individual and/or group
behavior in response to the other
individuals or group as a whole. It studies
behavior of people or group to know their
attitude towards particular circumstances.
Fundamental Aspects
People
Structure: It is the body of the
Organization which is to be taken care of
to bring coordination between different
levels of Organization.
Technology
Environment
Importance of OB
It builds better relationship by achieving people’s,
organizational, and social objectives.
It covers a wide array of human resource like
behavior, training and development, change
management, leadership, teams etc.
It brings coordination which is the essence of
management.
It improves goodwill of the organization.
It helps to achieve objectives quickly.

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It makes optimum utilization of resources.
It facilitates motivation.
It leads to higher efficiency.
It improves relations in the organization.
It is multidisciplinary, in the sense that
applies different techniques, methods, and
theories to evaluate the performances.
Contributing Disciplines to OB
 Psychology: It deals with studying human behavior that
seeks to explain and sometimes change the behavior of
human being.
 Sociology: Sociological concepts, theories, models, and
techniques help significantly to understand better the
group dynamics, organizational culture, formal
organization theory and structure, corporate technology,
bureaucracy, communications, power, conflict, and
intergroup behavior
 Social Psychology: It deals with how people are
affected by other individuals who are physically present
or who are imagined to be present or even whose
presence is implied.
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Economics:Economics contributes organizational
behavior to a great extent in designing the
organizational structure.
Anthropology:Anthropologists contribute to study
some aspects of organizational settings – similar
values, comparative attitudes, cross-cultural analysis
between or among the employees.
Political Sciences:Contributions of political scientist
are significant to the understanding of behavior in
organizations. Political scientists study the behavior of
individuals and groups within a political environment.
Application of OB in Industry
Understanding the organisational culture.
Designing the reward system including
financial and nonfinancial incentives.
Strengthening the decision making
process.
Facilitating the change management
process.
Thank You