Organizational Behavior Chapter 1

The field of study devoted to understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations

Takes the theories and principles studies in OB and explores the "nuts-and-bolts" applications of those principles in organizations (training programs)

Focuses on the product choices and the industry characteristics that affect an organizations profitability

Fredrick taylor

Focus on efficiency and productivity in organizations

Work cause you have to
controlling employees and holding on to power

Work is a part of who you are, what do you do?
involving employees and sharing power

What makes resources valuable, capable of making LT profits for firm

Rareinimitable (history, small decisions, socially complex resources)

1/2 see relationship between people and $, 1/2 of those who see make 1 change to increase $, 1/2 that do comprehensive will stick with it (at best 12% of organizations will do the necessary to build profits by putting people first)

Organization behavior

People hold firmly to some belief because it is consistent with their own experience and observations

People hold firmly to some belief because it just stands to reason- it seems obvious or self evident

People hold firmly to some belief because respected source said so

People accept some belief because scientific studies have tended to replicate that result using a series of samples, settings, and methods.