ORGANIZATIONS AND BEHAVIOUR

Organizations and Behaviour



Organizations and Behaviour

Task 1

Introduction

Organizational behaviour is the subject that seeks to establish how they affect individuals, groups, and the environment in which people behave in organizations. We must understand different organizational structures and design patterns to organize a company to meet the proposed goals and achieve the desired objective. To select an appropriate structure is necessary to understand that every company is different. Organizational culture refers to a concept of organizational theory and describes the origins, development and the impact of cultural issues within organizations.

Methodology

The methodology will include an exploratory research by the integration of organizational theories of structure, culture, leadership, and management. This theoretical framework will be linked to the current business scenario of Glazers Lawn Solution. Then myriad number of recommendations will be made to correct this organizational setting.

Areas of Focus

To explore organizational structure and culture.

Examine different approaches to management and leadership and theories of organization

These above mentioned areas will be linked to the current business scenario of Glazers Lawn Solution.

Evaluation

An organization is a group of people who are formally managed together to achieve one or more common goals that would be difficult to achieve individually. Behavior is the way we act and react to various situations. In this scenario, the company Glazers Lawn Solution has taken drastic changes recently. The main concept that the company failed to ponder it the fundamental affects of the decisions on the behavior of the people at work.

Task 2

Individual Behaviour Influences

The field of human relations draws on the behavioral sciences—psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Basically, these sciences focus on the why of human behavior. Psychology attempts to find out why individuals act as they do, and sociology and anthropology concentrate primarily on group dynamics and social interaction. Human relations differ from the behavioral sciences in one important respect. Although also interested in the why of human behavior, human relations goes further and looks at what can be done to anticipate problems, resolve them, or even prevent them from happening. In other words, this field emphasizes knowledge that can be applied in practical ways to problems of interpersonal relations at work or in our personal life (Chhokhar, Broadback, & House, 2007, pp. 59).

Following are some of the individual behaviour influencers at work:

Lee Iacocca, the man who was credited with helping Chrysler Corporation to avoid bankruptcy, said that all business operations can be reduced to people, product, and profit. He believed that people come first. Lacocca understood that people are at the heart of every form of quality improvement.

Organizational Culture

The organizational culture is the collection of shared values, beliefs, rituals, stories, and myths that foster a feeling of community among organizational members. The culture of an organization is, in most cases, the reflection of the deeply held values and behaviours. The organizational culture delineates the workplace behaviour of employees.

Supervisory-Management

Supervisory-management personnel are in a key position to influence employee behaviour. It is no exaggeration to say that supervisors and managers are the spokes- persons for the organization. Their philosophy, competence, and leadership style establish the organization's image in the eyes of ...