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What does organizational behavior offer managers?

It is important to first understand that individuals, groups, and structures make up an organization, and that these entities impact the human behavior of that organization.


As management is one of the disciplines of organizational behavior (along with communication, psychology, and sociology), it is particularly relevant because of the issues managers face. In a manager’s day-to-day duties, many responsibilities come into play: decision-making, how to build, keep, and motivate a team, how to be a...

It is important to first understand that individuals, groups, and structures make up an organization, and that these entities impact the human behavior of that organization.


As management is one of the disciplines of organizational behavior (along with communication, psychology, and sociology), it is particularly relevant because of the issues managers face. In a manager’s day-to-day duties, many responsibilities come into play: decision-making, how to build, keep, and motivate a team, how to be a leader, and how to create and maintain job satisfaction. 


In order to be a successful manager, it is critical and incumbent upon that manager to understand how to delegate job tasks and organize resources, and also how to look at and analyze the behavior of employees and motivate them.


Organizational behavior analyzes organizations from many points of view. It takes into account the fact that whenever people interact in organizations, many factors come into play.  With this understanding, individual and group performance can be enhanced, as well as job satisfaction and commitment.


Another factor that weaves itself into organizational behavior is the organization’s culture. While sometimes difficult to define, it contributes heavily to how an organization behaves. The culture of a bank will differ radically from that of a dairy farm, which will differ radically from academia. Therefore management’s interaction with the culture should be appropriate, well defined, and understood, so that the right and intended behaviors for that organization can be integrated and communicated to employees, and so that the business can thrive. 
 

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