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Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts
University of Phoenix Online
MGT331, Organizational Behavior
August 28, 2005
Organizational Behavior Terminology and Concepts
Organizational behavior is the behavior of individuals, either one or a group. It is not the behavior of an organization, but rather the behavior of the people in an organization. This can be anywhere from a family at home to a church to a work group within a company. Some of the challenges that make behaviors challenging in today's workplace are high performance, ethical behavior, productivity improvement, technology utilization, quality, diversity, work-life balance, and the global economy, (Schermerhorn, 2003, P. 1).
Starting with Garrett through the many merges and acquisitions to Honeywell, we have gone from the good ol boy behavior to a global corporation that for the most part as sound behavior. We are not prefect, if there can be such a thing, but we a continuing improving our behaviors as individuals. Those individuals whose behaviors are less then required and terminated. Our workforce comes from many cultures and the barriers can cause problems at times. It is the speed in which those barriers are knock down that will make us more successful. As a manger and the more I learn about the different behaviors and the actions of them the better I can correct problems as they arise.
Organizational culture is having the same actions, values and beliefs in a group. Again this can be as small as a family and the culture that it lives by and as large as a country and the culture they live by. In the readings I read that in Japan, they ...