9 Ideas to Introduce Organizational Behavior. A list of key topics in the study of organizational behavior for students of business and management, complete with reflective questions and discussion points. Organisational Behaviour, Organizational Behavior, Effectiveness, Organizations, Management, Study, Education, Orientation to Work, OB.

1. 9 IDEAS
TO INTRODUCE
ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR
JEFF TAYLOR

2. INTERACT
STUDYING THE WAY
INDIVIDUALS,
GROUPS AND
STRUCTURES IMPACT
UPON EACHOTHER
1

3. EFFECTIVENESS
STUDYING HOW THE
PREVIOUS FACTORS
INTERACT TO ACHIEVE
ORGANISATIONAL
EFFECTIVENESS
2

4. INDIVIDUALS
YOU.
ME.
EVERYONE.
HOW DO WE INTERACT
AND CONTRIBUTE TO
EFFECTIVENESS
3

5. GROUPS
PEOPLE ARE KEY TO
EFFECTIVENESS.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE
KEY. WORK TEAMS
AND GROUPS ARE
COMPLEX.
4

6. STRUCTURES
WHETHER FORMAL OR
INFORMAL,
STRUCTURES ACT AS
THE FRAMEWORK
AROUND WHICH
EFFECTIVENESS IS
BUILT
5

7. ICEBERG
What sinks ships isn’t
always what sailors
can see, but what they
can’t see.
6

9. MULTI-
DISCIPLINARY
Psychology
Perception, attitudes, motives - individual
Sociology
Interactions, behaviours between
leaders/followers
Anthropology
Perception, attitudes, motives –
broad/group
7

10. METAPHORS
Machines.
Organisms.
Brains.
Cultures.
Political Systems.
8

11. ORIENTATION
TO WORK
Have to work.
Want to work.
Work defines us.
Work Life Balance.
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13. author: Jeff Taylor
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