Summary
To explain the behavior of an organization first we need to understand what an organization is. Essentially an organization is a group of individuals that work together to achieve a common goal and its composes by four main elements which are the structure of the organization (how the organization functions, and how are the tasks divided between the actors to achieve the common goal); the task (generally are not just one and putting them together has a as result the common goal); the actors (are the individuals who performs the tasks); and finally the technology (the means and resources used by the actors to performs those tasks and reach the common goal).
Knowing this, the organizational behavior is the outcome of how the organization as a whole reacts before a given situation, and this dynamic provides the manager a sufficient amount of data to know what to change or improve on his organizations so it functions efficiently. Also the manager has to be aware that the organizational system is composed by both the formal (most visible part) and the informal (least visible part) organization, and by being aware of this gives his the advantage to handle his actors to achieve the common goal. The most common challenges for a manager to handles the organizational behavior are the diversity of his forces, the awareness of a moral and ethical behavior at the work that Is being made, the knowledge of technological innovation which helps to perform the task more effectively, and the globalizations of the organizations.
The culture is an important part fo the decision-making process in both the manager and the organization because it affects directly on the employee’s productivity and commitment, so a manager must use culture on his behalf so it doesn’t back fires at him and the organization itself.
The organization must be a diverse group to have different set of ideas and points of view but has to be a homogeny group so it can come up with decision that will benefit the organization itself.
Topic Question
Why is managing organizational behavior in changing times challenging?
- In this times when culture is not a big barrier as was 20 or 30 years ago, people in organizations are more aware of what’s happening al over the world with the help of just one click, so for the managers is challenging to manage the organization when it has the chance to make decisions with such amount of information at hand; the manager must take advantage of this situation by instruction and leading the organization towards the final goal without the organization being manipulated by that information and changing the goal proposed by the manager.
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