Transcript Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study of individuals and their behavior within the context of the organization in a workplace setting.

Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study of
individuals and their behavior within the
context of the organization in a workplace
setting. It is an interdisciplinary field that
includes sociology, psychology, social
psychology, and management.
Identify, describe, and discuss the three levels of OB.
Describe the disciplines that contribute to
organizational behavior.
Discuss the foundations of individual behavior.
Interpersonal behavior’s affect on OB of an
organization.
Explain what constitutes interpersonal behavior and
how it affects an organization.
Explain the evolving strategies of police
management.
Define the dynamics of managers.
Point out the personality determinants of
organization behavior.
Continued..
Explain interpersonal behavior’s affect on OB of
an organization.
Define constitutes interpersonal behavior and
discuss how it affects an organization.
Explain the evolving strategies of police
management..
Discuss the dynamics of managers..
Identify and explain the personality
determinants of organization behavior.
Primary Goal: to create and maintain healthy
relationships between employees and also
between employees and the management of
an organization so that the overall objectives
of an organization and the objective of
society in the long run are met.
Restatement of goal: Explain, predict, and
control human behavior By replacing intuitive
explanations with systematic study
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A consciously coordinated social unit,
composed of two or more people, that
functions on a relatively continuous basis to
achieve a common goal or set of goals
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field
Psychology
The science that seeks to measure, explain, and
sometimes change the behavior of humans and other
animals
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
Sociology
The study of people in relation to their fellow
human beings
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
Social Psychology
An area within psychology that blends concepts from
psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence
of people on one another
Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)
Anthropology
The study of societies to learn about human beings and
their activities
-The use of scientific evidence gathered
under controlled conditions and measured
and interpreted in a reasonably rigorous
manner to attribute cause and effect
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 Group
 System
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Psychology seeks to measure, explain, and
change behavior
Sociology studies people in relation to their
fellow human beings
Social psychology focuses on the influence of
people on one another
Anthropology is the study of societies to learn
about human beings and their activities
Political science is the study of the behavior of
individuals and groups within a political
environment
gy seeks to
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Dominated managerial thinking in the 1930s
Sought to discover the “one best way to
create and administrate an organization
Organizations should consist of carefully
designed interrelated parts, rationally
working together like a machine.
Workers are a part of the machine.
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Max Weber
Centralized managerial authority
Organized hierarchically
Each unit required to have a specific sphere
of competence
Selection based on merit
Salary based on hierarchical rank
Attempted to reduce management to a set of
rules.
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August Vollmer, O.W. Wilson, William Parker
Primary function of policing is crime control
Police departments independent of politics
Achieve maximum effectiveness and
efficiency with highly centralized command
structure and standardized operating
procedures.
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Frederick W. Taylor
Shift all responsibility from worker to
management
Select best person to perform the job
Train workers to work efficiently
Monitor workers
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Environmental driving forces
The individual
The organization
The group/team within the organization
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Major function of police- control and
prevention of crime
Decentralized organizational design
Consultative relationship with community
Stress problem solving, information
gathering, and counseling
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Goal-orientated strategic management
process that uses information technology,
operational strategy, and managerial
accountability to effectively control crime.
Process of information gathering, analysis,
and dissemination.