BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Organization Behavior
- the study of human and group behavior within organizational settings. The study of organization behavior involves looking at the attitudes, interpersonal relationships, performance, productivity, job satisfaction, and commitment of employees, as well as levels of organizational commitment and industrial relations. Organization behavior can be affected by corporate culture, leadership, and management style. Organization behavior emerged as a distinct specialty from organization theory in the late 1950s and early 1960s through attempts to integrate different perspectives on human and management problems and develop an understanding of behavioral dynamics within organizations.
Additional Resources
- From Baseball to Accounting: Why We Encourage Unethical Behavior
- From Baseball to Accounting: Why We Encourage Unethical Behavioranswer to: why we aencourage unehtical behaviorAs a speaker, executive coach and trainer for Ethical, CSR and Sustainability conferences & workshops I have presented, The Ethical Enterprise, A Global Study, 2005-2015, work that I had researched and authored for the American Management...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Ethical Behavior And Social Responsibility
- The corporate code of ethics consists of a set of moral principles and values that govern the behavior of the organization with respect to what is right and what is wrong. An ethical behavior is operationalized through proper implementation of the corporate code of ethics in the organization. There exist...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- What Is Organizational Behavior
- Organizational behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within the organization. This impact works towards improving the organization's effectiveness. In this context, the paper delves into the concept of organization, management functions, and management skills. It also discusses the...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Structure, Behavior And Performance In For-Profit, Nonprofit And Government Organizations
- In this paper we examine empirically the association between organization type on the one hand and organization structure, organizational behavior, and organizational performance on the other hand, focusing on different types of organization that coexist in the same industry. We consider for-profit, nonprofit and government nursing homes (of the skilled...
- White papers 2006-12-30
- Dealing With Difficult Behavior
- Conflict stems from the fact that individuals differ in perspectives on issues. It also arises from difficult behavior displayed by employees of an organization. Dealing effectively with difficult behavior helps to resolve conflicts in the organization. The paper examines the dynamics of difficult behavior at the workplace and discusses methods...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- From Baseball to Accounting: Why We Encourage Unethical Behavior
- It may not be right, but we often overlook unethical behavior in others. In a recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman and colleagues explain the psychological reasons why this is so, and what companies can do about it. The paper, See No Evil: When...
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Troubleshoot Bad Boss Behavior
- Troubleshoot Bad Boss BehaviorBad Boss BehaviorWhile interesting, I think that you are missing one value issue: the workplace bully. An increasing behaviour, which unfortunately none of your suggestions would even come close to addressing. Maybe something for an future article as this is a all too real...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- The Use of Organizational Culture and Structure to Guide Strategic Behavior: An Information Processing Perspective
- This article presents a descriptive model explaining the roles and relationships of organizational culture and organizational structure in guiding employee behavior toward strategic objectives. Using an information-processing view, it proposes that organizational culture and structure direct the behavior of employees through the reduction of uncertainty and equivocality. Furthermore, it propose...
- White papers 2001-04-01
- Following the Leader: Race and Player Behavior in the 1987 NFL Strike
- The NFL's decision to hold regularly scheduled games during the 1987 strike by the NFL Players' Association forced NFL players to choose between behaving in a manner consistent with either the union's objective (i.e., withholding labor) or the employing team's objective (i.e., supplying labor). In this chapter, we use data...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Chemical Organization Theory As A Theoretical Base For Chemical Computing
- In chemical computing, the result of a computation appears as an emergent global behavior based on local reaction rules. For programming chemical systems a theoretical method to cope with that emergent behavior is desired. This paper demonstrates how the chemical organization theory can help in designing and understanding chemical computing...
- White papers 2005-11-14
- Leaders Shape the Organization's Ethical Climate
- Leaders teach organizational values to every new member of the organization. These values establish the foundation of the leaders' character. Once members learn these values, their leaders enforce adherence. Unethical behavior destroys morale and cohesion and undermines the trust and confidence essential to teamwork and goal accomplishment. Ethical conduct must...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How To Handle Difficult Behavior In The Workplace
- Conflict is the important issue to be addressed towards efficient functioning of an organization. The reasons for these conflicts include divergent perspectives on certain issues, negative effects of past events, anticipated negative consequences in future, and a perennial feeling of anxiety regarding an individual's position in the organization. Inability to...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Incentives And The Art Of Changing Behavior
- The article is about the incentives to the employees who appreciate changes and worked in changing environment. If organization wants people to take on new roles, or act differently, it helps if the new behavior is being rewarded. Here is how three companies reward the employees who made change work....
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Understanding And Influencing Organizational Buyer Behavior
- A buyer in the market goes through complex analysis and decision-making process before making a purchase. The organization needs to comprehensively understand and appreciate the subtle nuances of the buyer behavior to precisely target the prospects and hence increase the sales. The analysis of the buyer behavior begins with the...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Network knowledge organization: do knowledge structures for sexual and emotional information reflect gender or sexual orientation?
- INTRODUCTION It has long been accepted that cognitive variables can influence behavior. In fact, there is a voluminous literature examining the influence of cognition on various aspects of social behavior. One component of social behavior that is particularly relevant to the present discussion is sexual behavior. Early research examining...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
- Big Dog's Leadership Page - Organizational Behavior
- Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. That is, it interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. Its purpose is to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Basic Elements Of Individual Behavior In Organizations
- Excerpts from a book on management, this one explains the nature of the relationship between an individual and the organization. An individual's personality has an affect organizational behavior. This citation discusses individual attitudes and their affects on the organization and the basic perceptual processes and the role of attributions of...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- How Managers Use Organizational Behavior Analysis
- Organizational Behavior is helpful to managers because it allows them to analyze their employees and how they interact within there departments/organizations. If we look at an organization like an organism it lives and breaths. If we do not put forth a clear vision Goals for our body (Groups/Employees) then we...
- White papers 2008-11-13
- Notice To Emplyees Of Unsatisfactory Behavior
- This template is used as a notice to employees for their unsatisfactory behavior, many times in organizations few unfortunate incidents happen such as in a meeting or in a speech few employees target the speaker and goes with teasing or making comment on him, this is unacceptable and it is...
- Tools & templates 2007-12-01
- Organizational Behavior Trends
- Organizations today are challenged by the modern business environment. Many trends significantly persuade an organization's behavioral blueprint and values. Employees are recognized as a company's most important resource; therefore organizational behavior has increasingly become a more important topic. To be able to understand organizational behavior it is essential to identify...
- White papers 2009-01-01
