Organizational Behavior & National and Organizational Culture

It studies people’s behavior, individually and group dynamics in organizations; Such as job activities, on how people communicate, act in situations, elaborate, etc… to understand people´s behavior there are two perspectives to take a look from, as internally and externally; But to take into account obviously there are other important aspects that also influence a persons behavior.

Internal behavior is an individual way to analyze some one, this involves all the thoughts, emotions, motivation, feelings, things that a person has lived in the past, and all the needs the person has, by knowing all these facts it is easier to understand and predict a persons behavior.

External behavior are the non internal facts that a person has, such as the job he has, who is his family, the decisions his made in the past, religion, or even how much he wins a year; all these external perspectives can help us know what kind of people he or she is.     

In a situation of change like globalization, workforce diversity, technology, and ethics; can make it  hard for someone to predict of the right attitude towards what or how its behavior will be in reaction of a change in there environment; some variables that should be taken into account to help us predict their attitudes are: locus of control is what each individual beliefs in them self by facing change, Growth need strength depends on how much a person wants  a change and might take it as a challenge, Internal work motivation is a rally important attitude towards change, these three behaviors can helps us know what attitude some one could have when it comes to change.  A good attitude says it brings good things and bad attitude bring bad results, so it all depends on how a persons is to face things in life.

An important aspect that influences human behavior is Culture and everything that comes with it, in someone’s culture, values play a very significant roll and based on it people can predict your actions and responses towards thing in life, with in it beliefs are attached to values and culture. It is a valuable part in which it interacts in an individual mixed with his or her personality and can be very helpful when it comes to decision making in a companies environment.

An organization also functions like a human, it has internal and external environment.  We can say some internal components are the people who work, what chores they do, the technology they have, the purpose the organization fallows, and its structure.  External environment an organization deals with all the suppliers, its customers, and federal regulators.

This environment is important for an organization to have it very clear, because since people work and developed inside an organization, it is important to know where or for whom they are working for in order to have confidence of what they will be facing; so behavior is a function of both the person and the organization. (Nelson, 2010).  (Nancy J. Adler, 2008). (W. David Pierce, 2004)

Why is managing organizational behavior in changing times challenging?

Now in a world so globalized, where almost every company in the world has to deal not only with human behavior but with everything that comes with it such as, personality, religion, culture, values, etc… and managers are taking this into account very seriously  in order to be able to predict and to accept changes. 

Bibliography

Nancy J. Adler, A. G. (2008). International dimensions of organizational behavior. Thomson leaning, inc.

Nelson, D. &. (2010). Organizational Behavior.

(2004). In C. D. W. David Pierce, Behavior analysis and learning. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

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