Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior
Pixar Animation Studios
Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior
Chapter One
OB practices have helped Pixar Animation Studios to become the world’s most successful animation studio
Employee competencies -Pixar finds the best people People-centered -- Pixar has long-term employment, not short-term projects Teamwork and org learning -Pixar supports teams and encourages cross-fertilization
John Lassiter Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney
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Organizational Behavior and Organizations
Organizational behavior
The study of what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations
Why Study Organizational Behavior?
OB theories help you to make sense of the workplace
Question and rebuild your personal theories for work Important -- much of our time is in organizations
Organizations
Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose
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OB provides knowledge/tools to work with others
Helps you to get things done
Structured patterns of interaction Coordinated tasks Have common objectives (even if not fully agreed)
John Lassiter Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney
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OB improves an organization’s financial health
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Old Perspective: Achieving Goals
Perspectives of Organizational Effectiveness
Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior
Lockheed Martin
Effective firms achieve their stated objectives No longer accepted as a perspective of org effectiveness
Companies could set easy goals Some goals too abstract to know if achieved Company might achieve goals but go out of business by achieving wrong goals
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McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Four Perspectives of Org. Effectiveness
1. Open systems: they have a good fit with their external environment 2. High-performance work practices: their internal
Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior
Chapter One
OB practices have helped Pixar Animation Studios to become the world’s most successful animation studio
Employee competencies -Pixar finds the best people People-centered -- Pixar has long-term employment, not short-term projects Teamwork and org learning -Pixar supports teams and encourages cross-fertilization
John Lassiter Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney
1-2
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Organizational Behavior and Organizations
Organizational behavior
The study of what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations
Why Study Organizational Behavior?
OB theories help you to make sense of the workplace
Question and rebuild your personal theories for work Important -- much of our time is in organizations
Organizations
Groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose
— — —
OB provides knowledge/tools to work with others
Helps you to get things done
Structured patterns of interaction Coordinated tasks Have common objectives (even if not fully agreed)
John Lassiter Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and Disney
1-3
OB improves an organization’s financial health
1-4
Old Perspective: Achieving Goals
Perspectives of Organizational Effectiveness
Introduction to the Field of Organizational Behavior
Lockheed Martin
Effective firms achieve their stated objectives No longer accepted as a perspective of org effectiveness
Companies could set easy goals Some goals too abstract to know if achieved Company might achieve goals but go out of business by achieving wrong goals
1-6
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
1
Four Perspectives of Org. Effectiveness
1. Open systems: they have a good fit with their external environment 2. High-performance work practices: their internal