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 Meaning and Definition of Organisational Behaviour


MEANING:

Organisational behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, prediction, and control of human behaviour in organisations. It is an area of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behaviour within organisations.

DEFINITIONS:


Organisational behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, Stop and organisational structure have on behaviour within an organisation, to apply that knowledge towards organisational effectiveness. 

The above definition specifies three elements:-


  • Organisational behaviour is an investigative study of individuals and groups.
  • The impact of organisational structure on human behaviour. 
  • The application of knowledge to achieve organisational effectiveness.


Organisational behaviour is a subset of management activities concerned with understanding, predicting and influencing individual behaviour in organisational settings.

-Callahan, Fleenor and Kudson

"Organisational behaviour is a branch of the Social Sciences that seeks to build theories that can be applied to predicting, understanding and controlling behaviour in work organisations."

-Raman J. Aldag

"Organisational behaviour is the study and application of knowledge about how people act within an organisation. It is a human tool for human benefit. It applies broadly to people's behaviour in all types of organisation."

-Newstrom and Davis

"Organisational behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, production and control of human behaviour in organisations."

-Fred Luthans

"Organisational behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within the organisations to apply such knowledge toward improving an organisation's effectiveness."

-Stephens P. Robbins

In short, organisational behaviour revolves around two fundamental components

1. The nature of the man.

2. The nature of the organisation.

In a nut shell, organisational behaviour may be an organisation of an individual's behaviour concerning physical means and resources to achieve the desired objective of the organisation.


Nature or features or characteristics of Organisational Behaviour


Based on the  various definitions of OB, the following characteristics of organisational behaviour are evident below:  

1. A behavioural approach to management. 

Organisational behaviour is a component of overall management that embodies this behavioural approach. It has developed into a distinct field of study due to the significance of human behaviour within organisations.

2. Cause and Effect Relationship. 

Human behaviour is generally taken in terms of cause-and-effect relationships, this helps in predicting the behaviour of individuals.
It provides generalisations that managers can use to anticipate the effect of certain activities  on
human behaviour. 

3. Organisational Behaviour is a Branch of Social Sciences. 

Organisational behaviour is heavily influenced by several other social sciences viz. Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology. It 
draws a rich array of research from these disciplines. 

4. Three Levels of Analysis. 

Organisational behaviour encompasses the study of three levels of analysis namely individual behaviour, inter-individual behaviour and the behaviour of organisations 
themselves. The field of organisational behaviour embraces all these levels as being complementary 
to each other. 

5. A Science as well as an Art. 

Organisational behaviour is a science as well as an art. Systematic knowledge about human behaviour is a science and its behavioural knowledge and skills application is an art. Organisational behaviour is not an exact science because it cannot exactly predict the behaviour of people in organisations, at best a manager can generalise to a limited extent and in many cases, he has to act based on partial information. 

6. A Body of Theory, Research and Application. 

Organisational behaviour consists of a body of theory and research. Its application helps in the understanding of human behaviour in an organisation. All these techniques assist the managers in solving human problems in the organisation.


7. Beneficial to both Organisations and Individuals.

 Organisational behaviour creates an atmosphere whereby both organisation and individual benefit from each other. A reasonable climate is created through which employees may get much-needed satisfaction and the organisation may attain its objectives.

8. Rational Thinking.

 Organisational behaviour provides rational thinking about people and their behaviour to explain and predict human behaviour in organisations so that result-yielding situations can be created.

References:

Gupta Shashi, K., & Rosy, J. (2013). Organisational Behaviour. ISBN 978-93-272-2611-9) chapter, 2.

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