13B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organization Development, Organizational Commitment, Organizational Culture
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Organizational behaviour (ob) is the study of human behaviour in organizational settings, the interface between human behaviour and the organization, and the organization itself. Organizational behaviour researchers study the behaviour of individuals primarily in their organizational roles. One of the main goals of organizational behaviour is to revitalize organizational theory and develop a better conceptualization of organizational life. As a multidisciplinary field, organizational behaviour has been influenced by developments in a number of allied disciplines including sociology, psychology, economics, and engineering as well as by the experience of practitioners. Definition by fred luthans organizational behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, prediction, and control of human behaviour in organizations. According to l. m. prasad, organisational behaviour can be defined as the study and application of knowledge about human behaviour related to other elements of an organisation such as structure, technology and social systems. Nature: a separate field of study and not a discipline only, an.
