Elements of Organizational Behaviors

Elements of Organizational Behaviors

Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how individuals, groups as well as people conduct themselves in organizations. This is done by taking a system methodology. In other words, it interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. Its main purpose is to enhance relationships by achieving social, organizational and human objectives. This paper will focus the important elements such as values, goals, ethics and vision of organizational behavior and how these elements can challenge the effectiveness of an agency.

First, values can be defined as those things that are important to or valued by someone. That someone can be an individual or, collectively, an organization. One place where values are important is in relation to vision. One of the imperatives for organizational vision is that it must be based on and consistent with the organization's core values. When values are shared by all members of an organization, they are extraordinarily important tools for making judgments, assessing probable outcomes of contemplated actions, and choosing among alternatives. Perhaps more important, they put all members "on the same sheet of music" with regard to what all members as a body consider important.

Organizational behavior is concerned with developing people skills. Therefore, the goals of organizational behavior are to help us to explain, predict, and control human behavior. When we seek answers to why an individual or a group of individuals did something, we are pursuing the explanation objective. It is probably the least important of the three goals from a management perspective it occurs after the fact. Yet, if we are to understand a phenomenon, we must begin by trying to explain it. We can then use this understanding to determine a cause. For example, if a member of valued employees resigns, we undoubtedly want to know why in order to determine if it could have been prevented. Employees quit their jobs for many reasons. However if the explanation for a high quit-rate is inadequate pay or boring jobs, managers often can take actions that will correct this situation in the future.

The majority of an individual's ethical development occurs before entering an organization. The influence of family, church, community, and school will determine individual values. The organization, to a large extent, is dealing with individuals whose value base has been established. This might imply that ethical organizations are those fortunate