Individual Behavior and Communication
Introduction
Organizational behavior is an academic discipline concerned with describing, predicting, understanding and controlling human behavior in an organizational environment. Over the years, organizational behavior has evolved into a complex school of thought and continues to evolve in response to the dynamic environment of today’s corporate cultures. While a well functioning group is paramount to successful organizational behavior, individual behavior is a challenging and critical element that must not be overlooked and must be managed as well.
Ultimately, the work of an organization is accomplished by the individual, whether alone or in a group. Accordingly, the daunting task of monitoring, analyzing and controlling individual behavior is the ultimate goal of management. In order to accomplish this, managers must have the capacity to understand the patters of individual behavior in order to predict unique behavioral responses and to react accordingly in a manner that creates synergy between the organization and the employee.
In order to effectively analyze individual behavior, researchers have developed a variety of models designed to explain individual behavior. Factors that effect personality development, including situational, environmental, cultural, social, and genetic factors are typically taken into account. Researchers also analyze various personality types and what impact they have on organizations.
The job satisfaction study is one such tool that is utilized by organizational behavior researchers that not only enables them to measure job satisfaction in a tangible manner (such as pay rate, benefits, working co ...