PSY 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: James Maritato, Behavioural Sciences, Scientific Method
7 Apr 2019
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An organization is a coordinated unit consisting of at least two people who function to achieve a common goal or set of goals. organizations,large and small, domestic and global, successful and unsuccessful. Such questions are studied, analyzed, and debated in the field called organizational behavior (ob) . The formal study of organizational behavior began between 1948 and 1952. This still-emerging field attempts to help managers understand people better so that productivity improvements, customer satisfaction, and a better competitive position can be achieved through better management practices. The behavioral sciences especially psychology, sociology, political science, and cul- tural anthropology have provided the basic framework and principles for the field of organizational behavior. Each behavioral science discipline provides a slightly different focus, analytical framework, and theme for helping managers answer questions about themselves, non-managers, and environmental forces (e. g. , competition, legal requirements, and social/political changes). The multidisciplinary definition of organizational behavior illustrates a number of points.
