Organizational Behavior vs. Organizational Psychology

Introducing Behaviour in Organisations
SH = Stakeholders

What is organisational behaviour?
“Systemic study + individuals, groups, organisations + high perf org = stakeholders”
Assumes people are the most important asset

What is organisational psychology?
APS: the science of people at work

What do organisational psychologists do? Org psycs analyse orgs + people + devise strategies = rec, motiv, dev, change + inspire

Organisational behaviour v Organisational psychology?
Similarities
Individual behaviour
Macro factors
History
Differences
Psycs ONLY macro factorsbehaviour
Behvariety of disci

Contribution of Social Sciences to Organisational Behaviour
Psychology
Social Psychology
Sociology
Pol Science
Anthropology

Globalisation
“Growing eco independence + countries = volume + transactions + goodstechnology”
Positive effects
Wage for skilled
Eco conditions
Goods at low prices
Negative effects
Wage for unskilled
Job displacement
Eco conditions
Union power

Globalisation and Organisational behaviour
The GFC = ‘we sink or swim together’
Need to adopt a global perspective
Need to bridge scholarship + practice
Need to promote sustainable values

Adopting a global perspective
Global Sourcing:
Re-conceiving sources of advantage
Mastering new mech to build adv
Adopting new appdev new strategy

Corporate Social Responsibility
“Societial oblig + orgs + transcend + profits”
Moral conduct towards SH impacts org wealth

Implementing ethical management practises
Bus ethics: “study of moral/ethical choices”
Conflicts of interests
Concerns over following orders
Meeting aggro business objectives
Helping the org survive

Research in Organisational behaviour
Scientific method: IV and DV+ Control

Best Practice
“Method of managing proven to be effective”
Linked to vision, values, management practices, HRM practices and corp governance

Job Analysis

What is job analysis?
“Defines and