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.

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

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 FieldContributing Disciplines to the OB Field

Psychology

The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behavior of humans and other animals

Sociology

The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings

Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)

Contributing Disciplines to the OB Field (cont’d)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)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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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

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.

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.

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.

Frederick W. Taylor Shift all responsibility from worker to

management Select best person to perform the job Train workers to work efficiently Monitor workers

Environmental driving forces The individual The organization The group/team within the organization

Major function of police- control and prevention of crime

Decentralized organizational design Consultative relationship with community Stress problem solving, information

gathering, and counseling

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.