ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Contributin
g
disciplines
to
organizatio
nal
behavior.
CMS, SECTION F, IIIrd Semester

WHAT IS ORGANISATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR?
. . . a field of study that
investigates the impact that
individuals, groups and
structure have on behavior
within organizations, for the
purpose of applying such
knowledge toward improving
an organizations
effectiveness.

CONTRIBUTING DISCIPLINES TO THE OB

FIELD
Psycholo
gy
Anthropolo
gy

Sociolo
gy

Social
Psycholo
gy

Politic
al
Scienc
e

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is a science, an academic, and applied discipline

that involves the scientific study of human or animal mental
functions and behaviours.
It involves:

COMPONENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY
Sociology is the study
of society. It is a
social sciencea
term with which it is
sometimes
synonymousthat
uses various methods
of empirical
investigation and
critical analysis to
develop and refine a
body of knowledge
about human social
activity, often with
the goal of applying

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Social psychology is
the study of the
relations between
people and groups.
Scholars in this
interdisciplinary area
are typically either
psychologists or
sociologists, though
all social
psychologists employ
both the individual
and the group as their
units of analysis.

ANTHROPOLOGY

The study
of societies
to learn
about
human
beings and
their
activities is
known as

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political scienceis
asocial
scienceconcerned
with the theory and
practice
ofpoliticsand the
description and
analysis ofpolitical
systemsand political
behaviour.
In other words, it is
the study of behavior
of individuals and

Behavioural
science

Psychology

Sociology

AT Contribution
A GLANCE Unit of

analysis

Learning
Motivation
Perception
Training
Leadership effectiveness
Job satisfaction
Individual decision making
Performance appraisal
Attitude measurement
Employee selection
Work design
Work stress

Anthropology

Group

Behavioural change
Attitude change
Communication
Group processes
Group decision making
Comparative values
Comparative attitudes
Cross-cultural analysis
Organizational culture
Organizational environment

Political science

Individual

Group dynamics
Work teams
Communication
Power
Conflict
Intergroup behaviour
Formal organization theory
Organizational technology
Organizational change
Organizational culture

Social psychology

Output

Conflict
Intraorganizational politics
Power

Organization
system

Study of
Organizational
Behaviour

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Prepared by: Shahrukh Soheil Rahman, CMS, IIIrd

Sem, Section F