organizational behavior

The study of organizational behavior is the study of the structure, functioning and performance of organizations, and the behavior of groups and individuals within them.

Pugh, Organization Theory: Selected Readings (1971)

Organizational behavior is neither fish nor fowl: it is a multidisplinary social science that straddles psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, political science and more. The subject is relatively young one, it first became a subject area at Harvard Business School in 1962. The name is shorthand, as an organization does not "behave", so the field is about the activities and interactions of people in an organizational setting.

Communication and Perception

• communication process
• perceptual set

See also: psychology

Learning

• behavior modification
• socialization

See also: behaviorism

Motivation

• Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• vertical loading

Group Behavior

• group dynamics
• groupthink
• risky shift
• social loafing

Organization Structure

• contingency approach
• cross-functional team
• Current leadership theory
• Fayol's 14 Principles of Management
• Key developments in management theory

See also: sociology

Organizational Change

• organization development (OD)
• ...coming up...

See also: management

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An example of Node Your Exams in action. Written for Tu-53.100: Basics of Work Psychology and Leadership at HUT.