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Nature and Scope Org Behavr (1

Organizational behaviour is an interdisciplinary field of study that applies knowledge from psychology, sociology, and anthropology to address organizational problems related to human behaviour. It is an applied science that focuses on applying research findings to solve real-world issues faced by organizations. Organizational behaviour also takes a normative approach by prescribing how applied research can help organizations achieve socially accepted goals. It views people in a humanistic way, believing that individuals have an innate desire to be productive if given the proper environmental conditions.

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Organizational behaviour is an interdisciplinary field of study that applies knowledge from psychology, sociology, and anthropology to address organizational problems related to human behaviour. It is an applied science that focuses on applying research findings to solve real-world issues faced by organizations. Organizational behaviour also takes a normative approach by prescribing how applied research can help organizations achieve socially accepted goals. It views people in a humanistic way, believing that individuals have an innate desire to be productive if given the proper environmental conditions.

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Nature of Organisational Behaviour

1. A Separate Field of Study and not a Discipline Only

By definition, a discipline is an accepted science that is based on a theoretical foundation.


But, O.B. has a multi-interdisciplinary orientation and is, thus, not based on a specific
theoretical background. Therefore, it is better reasonable to call O.B. a separate field of study
rather than a discipline only.

2. An Interdisciplinary Approach

Organizational behaviour is essentially an interdisciplinary approach to study human


behaviour at work. It tries to integrate the relevant knowledge drawn from related disciplines
like psychology, sociology and anthropology to make them applicable for studying and
analysing organizational behaviour.

3. An Applied Science

The very nature of O.B. is applied. What O.B. basically does is the application of various
researches to solve the organizational problems related to human behaviour. The basic line of
difference between pure science and O.B. is that while the former concentrates of
fundamental researches, the latter concentrates on applied researches. O.B. involves both
applied research and its application in organizational analysis. Hence, O.B. can be called both
science as well as art.

4. A Normative Science

Organizational Behaviour is a normative science also. While the positive science discusses
only cause effect relationship, O.B. prescribes how the findings of applied researches can be
applied to socially accepted organizational goals. Thus, O.B. deals with what is accepted by
individuals and society engaged in an organization. Yes, it is not that O.B. is not normative at
all. In fact, O.B. is normative as well that is well underscored by the proliferation of
management theories.

5. A Humanistic and Optimistic Approach

Organizational Behaviour applies humanistic approach towards people working in the


organization. It, deals with the thinking and feeling of human beings. O.B. is based on the
belief that people have an innate desire to be independent, creative and productive. It also
realizes that people working in the organization can and will actualize these potentials if they
are given proper conditions and environment. Environment affects performance or workers
working in an organization.

6. A Total System Approach

The system approach is one that integrates all the variables, affecting organizational
functioning. The systems approach has been developed by the behavioural scientists to
analyse human behaviour in view of his/her socio-psychological framework. Man's socio-
psychological framework makes man a complex one and the systems approach tries to study
his/her complexity and find solution to it.

7. Science and Art

It is a science because it follows the scientific methods of the observation, the collection of
the data, the hypothesis, the theory and the model building ever open to the scientific scrutiny
in terms of the relationship among variables under the study and the validity of such a
relationship.

It is an art, since it involves quite a subjective approach, too in terms of the skilful
organization of the field studies, the collection of the data and the interpretation of the results
by human beings who generally are more subjective than objective in their approach

8. Goal Oriented: Since OB is applied science it is oriented towards organizational goals.


Sometimes there may be conflict of organizational goals with individual goals. In that case,
both the objectives are achieved simultaneously.

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