Understanding Organizational Behaviour
1.1 Organisation
An organisation is a human construct, made by people. It is not built by bricks and stones, or by furniture and fixtures, or by plants and machiner y alone. It is the people who make or mar an organisation. A group of people travelling in a bus from one place to another, a group of people watching a movie for three hours, a large number of people attending an election campaign speech of a political leader do not form an organisation. They form a crowd or a mob. An organisation requires people with purpose, goals and objectives. Thus, comprehensively we can say that:
“An organisation is a group of people working together to achieve the common organisational goal (viz. production of goods or ser vices with the help of the given resources i.e. people, machines and materials).”
Some examples of an organisation are: family, school, college, cricket team, foot-ball team, hockey team, university, factor y, bank, hospital, hotel, municipal corporation, a state electricity board, a water supply board, telephone exchange, government, army, navy, air force, etc.
1.2 Major Classifications of Organisations
The following are the major classifications of organisations:
a. Industrial Sector v/s Agricultural Sector
b. Public Sector v/s Private Sector
c. Joint Sector v/s Co-operative Sector
d. Capital intensive
e. Labour intensive
f. Public Limited
g. Private Limited
h. Manufacturing Sector
i. Ser vice Sector
j. Large Scale
k. Small Scale, etc.
1.3 Major Factors Influencing an Organisation
The following are the factors that influence an organisation:
a. People
b. Size
c. Technology
d. Environment
e. Management
1.4 Organisational Behaviour
Ever y individual has 24 hours a day. Worldwide research has shown that an average person spends about 6 to 8 hours a day
An organisation is a human construct, made by people. It is not built by bricks and stones, or by furniture and fixtures, or by plants and machiner y alone. It is the people who make or mar an organisation. A group of people travelling in a bus from one place to another, a group of people watching a movie for three hours, a large number of people attending an election campaign speech of a political leader do not form an organisation. They form a crowd or a mob. An organisation requires people with purpose, goals and objectives. Thus, comprehensively we can say that:
“An organisation is a group of people working together to achieve the common organisational goal (viz. production of goods or ser vices with the help of the given resources i.e. people, machines and materials).”
Some examples of an organisation are: family, school, college, cricket team, foot-ball team, hockey team, university, factor y, bank, hospital, hotel, municipal corporation, a state electricity board, a water supply board, telephone exchange, government, army, navy, air force, etc.
1.2 Major Classifications of Organisations
The following are the major classifications of organisations:
a. Industrial Sector v/s Agricultural Sector
b. Public Sector v/s Private Sector
c. Joint Sector v/s Co-operative Sector
d. Capital intensive
e. Labour intensive
f. Public Limited
g. Private Limited
h. Manufacturing Sector
i. Ser vice Sector
j. Large Scale
k. Small Scale, etc.
1.3 Major Factors Influencing an Organisation
The following are the factors that influence an organisation:
a. People
b. Size
c. Technology
d. Environment
e. Management
1.4 Organisational Behaviour
Ever y individual has 24 hours a day. Worldwide research has shown that an average person spends about 6 to 8 hours a day