ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Organizational Behaviour

Organizational Behaviour

Introduction

Organizational Behaviour is a field of study that investigates the impact that, individuals, groups and structures have on behaviour within organizations, in order to apply this knowledge to improve the effectiveness of the organization. It relates to study that people make in an organization and how that behaviour affects the performance of the latter, and because organizational behaviour has to do specifically with employment-related situations, the emphasis should not be unexpected behaviour in relation to jobs, work, absenteeism, job turnover, productivity, human performance and management. OB is the study and application of knowledge about how people act within organizations. It is a human tool for the benefit of people and applied in a common way the behaviour of people in all types of organizations such as commercial companies, government, schools and service agencies. Wherever there is an organization, they have a need to understand organizational behaviour.

Discussion

Behaviour theory seeks to demonstrate the variety of management styles, that are available to the administrator. The management of organizations in general strongly influenced by the styles used by managers to monitor the behaviour of people. In turn, management styles depend materially from the beliefs of managers with respect to human behaviour within the organization. These beliefs shape not only how to conduct the people, but the way it divides the work and plan and organize activities. The organizations designed and managed in accordance with specific management theories, each of which based on certain beliefs about how people behave in organizations. Given the demographic changes it is essential to secure the future of companies, in time to adjust to the demands of the generation of Millennial (born between after 1980). This generation, also known as Generation Y, characterized by a technology-savvy lifestyle and expected by the employer in meaning and diversity in employment and a flexible balance between work and leisure (Howe & Strauss, 2000, Pp. 13-44).

Studies have shown that the operating personnel management based are still too few to meet the needs of the young generation of workers. What areas of activity for management personnel consist of Millennial, experts and decision makers from human resources to analyze well-known companies including using case studies. They also present actionable concepts and best-practice approaches for the successful recovery and long-term commitment of the young generation (Fussell, 1983, Pp. 51-87).

Generation X

For the group labelled “Generation X” (also known as the “baby bust” generation, following a decline in birth-rates after the previous “baby boom” group; “Generation 13”. As they were the 13th age-band since American Independence; and the “Reagan Generation”, as it was under this presidency in which they socio-politically came of age), the exact time frame remains sketchy. However, sources tend to define its range from as early as 1961 to as late as 1981. Those born during this period experienced a life quite socially and culturally different from the preceding age cohort, the baby boomers, and the cohort that followed “Generation Y” (also known as “the millennial”) (Hamblett & Deverson, 1964, ...