In any business organization, a study of individuals as to how they react within

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In any business organization, a study of individuals as to how they react within a group helps to understand their behavior and thereby attempting to create a more efficient organization on the basis of such a study. This is what an Organization Behavior (OB) refers to. OB further helps in applying various scientific theories to study these individuals working in a Corporate set-up in order to optimize the performance of overall human resource. OB further helps in understanding the work culture and the dominance of the Organizational values that may either boost or impede the growth and productivity of an Organization. In the areas of employee retention or training and development, skills sets requirements while conducting an effective recruitment process, Organizational Behavior has a key role to play. It also facilitates the predictability of the events by influencing the Organizational events.

Therefore, with the application of OB, there could be an effective utilization of the Human Resource within an Organization. Also it could assist other areas of management functions such as marketing, etc. and helps establish warm relations within the industry where the Organization is operating in. OB also helps in measuring and analyzing the overall personality of the under-study. It further helps determining the linkage of the latent traits of an individual with that of the responses that they give towards the psychometric instruments. It therefore helps in the entire activity of learning and development because upon analyzing the personality, the management can take steps accordingly in molding or boosting the same in a desired direction. It also supports the HR function as to whether or not the prospective candidate may be suitable to the job profile as laid by the Organization. It also helps in analyzing the following personality attributes that could influence the Organizational behavior:

Ø Locus of control

Ø Machiavellianism

Ø Self-esteem

Ø Self-monitoring

Ø Risk taking

Ø Type A personality

Let us also understand the importance of Organizational Behavior, by its applications on two concepts: a. Psychometric instruments that could be used to make the concept of Organizational behavior more relevant and b. how OB helps in types of risks that might be introduced to the organizational behavior and business practices in the home country, when teams are culturally or geographically diverse.

Minds play a very important role in controlling our Organizational behavior. It is only when the mind is healthy, that an individual could be in the position to undertake better decisions which could be in the advantage of an Organization. A poor health may therefore impact the mind adversely.

Also, it talks a lot about our mindset revolving around particular sets of ideologies as well that in turn helps in shaping the Organizational values on the part of the mindset. Some may be conservative in approach while some open and broad-minded. The Organizational polices when formed on the basis of this mindset, becomes an identifying factor for the entire institution and this is how we can infer that there exists relationships between our minds and how we interact within Organizations. Accordingly, Psychometric tests could be used as one of the important instruments in OB. Further, the study of neuroscientific study could possibly tap this impact of mind upon the Organizational relationships. Therefore, when studied in detail in Organization Behavior, this could help in molding the attitudes and mindset of the employees in a desired direction. For eg., a Top-level Leader in the Management is in the opinion that women could not be brought on the field jobs because of the extremities involved in the physical forms such a long hours of working, exposed to physical issues such as adverse environmental conditions, etc. When neuroscientific study analyzes this mind, it could perhaps help in coming up with solutions that can help impact the Leader’s view more favorably in the interest of the women fraternity thereby bringing in more diversity to the Organization. As a result, women shall not only be employed for the desk-job in the Organization but rather step out to the fields, generate the relevant information and furnish it to the leaders fighting all the odds.

In the next application of OB, could be identifying and mitigation of risks especially in culturally diversified Organizations. business practices in the home country, when teams are culturally or geographically diverse:

·          The risk of getting a cultural shock when a member, say from America, is chosen as a Team member for an Indian Organization. Here, the American member initially might be exposed to the risk of physiological, Psychological, and social reaction after being absorbed in geographically new background. The same risk would be applied to members hailing from various other countries to India. Cultural shock risk could be in terms of different management philosophies, language, alternative food and cuisines, dressing style, driving patterns, availability of goods, attitude towards work and productivity, separation from friends and colleagues, unique currency system, etc.

·          There is further an overall of risk of performance by the new members from the other countries due the communication barrier that might exist in absence of interpreters in the picture.

·          The risk of misunderstanding may also be given birth due to misinterpretation of various verbal and physical gestures by the host country and vice-versa.

·          There exist overall risks of uncertainty, conflict, motivational challenges, and economical shock when the members are completely unfamiliar to the Team etiquettes of the Host country.

·          Risk of Parochialism when the new employees forming the part of the host country's team exhibit such behaviors which are prudent in their home country but may not get along well with that of the host country. There are possibilities that such members are unable to actually evaluate the differences of the cultural gaps existing in both the nations.

·          Risk of Ethnocentrism when the members joining the host country are already in the opinion that the working conditions are best suited only to their home countries hence working in a different cultural background would certainly pose as a big threat.

Here, Quality Assurance and Control can contribute in mitigating the above risks. Therefore, by choosing the Right Team Players in accordance to the predetermined criteria after imparting sufficient training and guidance, by defining the purpose of the team, by developing strong Team dynamics, by expecting feedback and granting rewards for good performances, various Team building relationships could be promoted by the Quality Assurance and Control Teams.

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ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

Submit one, well-written and well organized paragraph describing “The Importance of Organizational Behavior Theory to Managing Organizations". The paragraph must be at least five sentences and no more than seven sentences. It must include a topic sentence, body of the paragraph and a sentence that closes the paragraph. It must be succinct (to the point) and use appropriate business and organizational behavior vocabulary.

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