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    Chapter 1

    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    ORGANISATIONAL
    BEHAVIOUR
    CHAPTER-1
    A PRELUDE TO
    ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
    Himalaya Publishing House

    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES
    The nature of organisations, reasons why
    they
    exist,
    and
    organisational
    effectiveness
    2. The nature of organisational behaviour, its
    foundations,
    its
    importance,
    and
    limitations
    3. Human resource approach, contingency
    approach, productivity approach, systems
    approach, and interactionalism approach
    to the study of organisational behaviour
    1.

    Himalaya Publishing House

    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Five Reasons Why Organisations Exist

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    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Best Employers

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Ranking is done every year. In a study during 2006-07, the best employers
    were:
    Rank Name of the
    Company/Group
    Employees

    Year of
    Global
    Incorporation

    1
    A.V.Birla Group
    1949
    2
    Satyam Computer Services
    40,000
    3
    J.W.Marriott
    1999
    (India)
    4
    Eureka Forbes
    1982
    5
    Cisco India
    1995
    6
    Godrej Products
    2001
    7
    Agilent Tech
    1999
    8
    Scope International
    2000
    9
    TCS
    1968
    10
    Kotak Mahindra Bank
    2003
    Himalaya Publishing House

    $ 12 billion
    1987

    No. of
    Revenue
    88,000
    Rs. 4,793 crores

    $ 100 million (India)

    2,100

    Rs. 850 crores


    8,064
    $ 30 billion
    2,200 (India)
    Rs. 657 crores
    1,190
    $ 4.97 billion
    1,250 (India)
    $ 135 million
    4,600 (India)
    Rs. 11,214 crores 83,500
    Rs. 937 crores
    5,293
    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Foundations of OB

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    Behaviour

    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Functions of Management

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    K. Aswathappa

    Importance of OB

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Road map to our lives in organisations


    Helps us understand and predict organisational
    life
    Influences events in organisations
    Helps understand self and others better
    Helps a manager get things done better
    Helps maintain cordial relations
    Highly useful in the field of marketing
    Helps in career planning and development
    Helps sustain the temp of economic growth

    Himalaya Publishing House

    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Limitations of OB

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Knowledge about OB does not help an individual


    manage personal life better
    Dualities of OB are baffling
    Has become a fad with managers
    Is selfish and exploitative
    Managers expect quick-fix solutions-not possible
    Principles and practices may not work in the
    events of declining fortunes
    Cannot eliminate totally conflict and frustration

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    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Major disciplines and their contributions


    to ob

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    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Approaches to the Study of ob

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    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Systems Appraoch to Organizations

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    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

    Summary

    Chapter 1
    A Prelude to Organisational
    Behaviour

    Organisations have no parallels in so far as affecting daily life is concerned. They are
    created by individuals alone or in groups. On being formed, organisations facilitate
    division of labour, manage large-scale technology, manage the external environment,
    minimize transaction costs, and exert power and control.
    Organisational behaviour is highly useful in ensuring organisational effectiveness. Simply
    told, OB is the study of human behaviour in organisational settings.
    OB is built on strong fundamentals which are: interpersonal differences, whole person
    concept, caused behaviour, human dignity, social systems, mutuality of interests, and
    holistic concept.
    OB has its strengths and weaknesses. Among the strengths are: OB helps in shaping our
    organisational lives; it helps an individual understand his/her self and others better; it
    builds cordial industrial relations; and it is highly useful in the field of marketing.
    Critics point out that OB is selfish and exploitative, and that it does not remove conflict
    and friction between individuals-it only minimizes them.
    OB is an interdisciplinary subject. It has enriched itself by drawing principles and
    concepts from psychology, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, political science,
    engineering, and even medicine.
    Under the umbrella of OB, the topics covered are many and varied. Broadly, OB covers
    intra-individual behaviour, inter-personal behaviour, and behaviour of the organizations.
    Several contextual perspectives have increasingly influenced OB. They are-the human
    resource approach, the contingency approach, the productivity approach, the systems
    approach, and the interactionalism approach. All these approaches together, help us
    understand OB better.

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    Organisational Behaviour
    K. Aswathappa

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