Organizational Behavior - Reference Guides
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Contemporary perspectives: organizational behavior is the systematic study of individual and group behavior within organizational structures, contributing disciplines include psychology, sociology, political science, economics, and anthropology. A political economist who published the wealth of. Nations (1776), in which he proposed that job specialization and a division of labor would increase productivity. A british mathematician who advocated that job specialization be extended to mental labor: he also proposed a division of labor. Company (1924-1927: experiments found that employee satisfaction was a key to higher productivity, also concluded that group influences had a significant effect on behavior and worker output. Scientific management: frederick w. taylor (1856-1915) outlined a plan for increased job specialization and mass production by scientifically selecting and training workers. Structural model: max weber (1864-1920) was a german sociologist who published works on the theory of bureaucracy. Weber"s model of an ideal bureaucracy: authority is explicit and hierarchical, impersonality, formal written rules of conduct, achieved status, division of labor, efficiency.