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Organizational behaviour draws from several behavioral disciplines including psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science. Psychology studies individual behavior, learning, perception, emotions, and motivation to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. Sociology examines how individuals fill social roles and how social groups influence organizational performance. Social psychology focuses on how people influence each other, including attitudes, communication, trust, and group decision-making. Anthropology provides insights into cultural differences between societies and organizations. Political science analyzes how power is structured and manipulated within political environments.
Disciplines contributing ob.doc
- 1. Contributing disciplines to the OrganisationalBehaviour field Organizational behaviour is an applied behavioural science that is built upon contributions from a number of behavioural disciplines. The predominant areas are psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science Psychology Psychology is the science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals. To use psychological and organizational theory and research to improve organizational effectiveness and the work life of all individuals. psychologists concern themselves with studying and attempting to understand individual behaviour learning, perception, personality, emotions, training, leadership effectiveness, needs and motivational forces, job satisfaction, decisionmaking process, performance appraisals, attitude measurement, employee selection techniques, work design and job stress Sociology Sociologists study the social system in which individuals fill their roles Sociology studies people in relation to their fellow human beings to improve organizational performance. Study of group behaviour in organisations, group dynamics, design of work teams, organisational culture, formal organisational theory and structure, organisational technology, communications, power and conflict Social psychology An area within psychology that blends concepts from psychology and sociology and that focuses on the influence of people on one another. Major area: change – how to implement it and how to reduce barriers to its acceptance Study areas: measuring, understanding and changing attitudes, communication patters, building trust, the ways in which group activities can satisfy individual needs, group decision-making processes
- 2. Anthropology The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities. Study on culture and environment has helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behaviour between people in different countries and within different organisations Political science The study of the behaviour of individuals and groups within a political environment Study areas: structuring of conflicts, allocations of power, how people manipulate power for individual self-interest