Slide PSI 204 Pertemuan I

ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR
Week I

Assess Your Own Management Skills


Do you have management skills?

Organization & Manager







Organization
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
Managers
An individual who achieves goals through other
people

Organizational Behaviour




Definition
The importance of Organizational Behaviour

Definition




The study of human behavior in organizational
settings, the interface between human behavior and

the organization, and the organization itself
(Moorhead & Griffin, 2010)
A field of study that investigates the impact that
individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior
within organizations, for the purpose of applying
such knowledge toward improving an organization’s
effectiveness (Robbins & Judge, 2011)

Organizations are effective if …
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* Jehan Jessica, 2013


The Importance of Organizational

Behavior






The study of organizational behavior can greatly
clarify the factors that affect how managers
manage
Describe the complex human context of
organization and to define the opportunities,
problems, challenges, and issues associated with
that realm.
Organizational behavior isolates important aspects
of the manager’s job and offers specific
perspectives on the human side of management.

Management Functions, Roles and Skills






Functions
Roles
Skills

Basic Concepts


Organizational Behaviour
 Individual

Process
 Interpersonal Process
 Organizational Process and Characteristics

Disciplines that Contributes to
Organizational Behavior



Psychology




Social Psychology




Power system

Economics




Cultural environment


Political Science




Social systems

Anthropology




How individuals influence others

Sociology





Human behavior in organizational settings

Production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

Engineering


Jobs and work measurements, analysis & designs

Contextual Perspectives


Perspectives


Systems
An interrelated set of elements that function as a whole  flow &
interaction
 An organization’s environment is important  resources &
feedback





Situational
Variables influencing organization situations and outcomes
 Universal conclusions are virtually impossible




Interactionalism: People and Situations
How people select, interpret and change various situations
 Cause-and-effect descriptions are not enough.


Developing a Model




Model
Dependent Variables


Productivity




Absenteeism




Voluntary behavior that violates significant organizations norms and threatens the wellbeing of the organization or its members

Organizational Citizenship Behavior





Permanent withdrawal from an organization

Deviant Workplace Behavior




The failure to work

Turnover




To achieve its goals at the lowest cost  effectiveness & efficiency

Performance beyond expectations

Job Satisfaction



Positive feeling about the job

Developing a Model


Independent Variables
 Individual-Level

Variables

 Age,

gender, marital status, personality characteristics,
emotional framework, values, attitude and basic ability
levels

 Group-Level

Variables

 Group

behavior, group dynamics, communication patterns,
leadership, power and politics as well as conflict

 Organization
 Culture,

System-Level Variables

policies, practices and change

Goals


Descriptive
 To

describe relationships between two or more
behavioral variables



Systematic
 To

look at relationships, to attribute causes and effects
and to draw conclusions



Evidence-Based
 To

use available evidence and to apply relevant
information
 Evidence vs Intutition

Challenges & Opportunities








Economic Pressures
Globalization
Workforce Diversity
Customer Service
People Skills
Innovation & Change
“Temporariness”








Networked
Organization
Work-Life Balance
Positive Work
Environment
Ethical Behavior