Chapter One: Introduction To Organizational Behavior
Chapter One: Introduction To Organizational Behavior
Chapter One: Introduction To Organizational Behavior
Chapter One
Introduction to
Organizational Behavior
Learning Objectives
Provide an overview of the major challenges and the
paradigm shift facing management now in the twenty-
first century
Present an organizational behavior perspective for
todays management
Summarize the Hawthorne studies as the starting point of
modern organizational behavior
Explain the methodology that is used to accumulate
knowledge and facilitate understanding of organizational
behavior
Relate the various theoretical frameworks that serve as a
foundation for a model of organizational behavior
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Simple Relationships Among Problems,
Methodology, And Knowledge
Body of Knowledge
Organization Organizational
Theoretical Theory Behavior
(OT) (OB)
Macro Micro