Define Organizational Behaviour. What is the need for studying OB(organizational Behaviour) ? Or importance of organizational behaviour.

Ogranizational Behaviour:

    Organizational Behaviour is the study and application of the human side of management. It is concerned with the study of human behaviour at work. It represents the behavioural approach to management, not the whole of management. OB is concerned with people's thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions in a work setting. OB has been defined differently by different behavioural scientists. Some important Definitions of OB are given below:

" OB is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within organization for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving and organization's effectiveness." @ Robbins 

"Organizational Behaviour is the study what people think, feel and do in and around organization."

@ McShane and Glinow

"Organizational Behaviour is directly concerned with the understanding, prediction and control of human behvaiour in organizations." @ Luthans

"Oranizational Behaviour is the study of Human behaviour in organizational settings, the interface between human behaviour and the organization and the organization itself."    @ Moorhead & Griffin

So we can say that organization's works get done through people individually or collectively, on their own or in collaboration with technology. therefore, The management of organizational behaviour is central to the management task- a task that involves the capacity to: 'Understand' behvarioural patterns of individuals, groups, and organizations (b) 'predict' what behaviour responses will be obtained by various managerial actions, and (c)  'control' finally to use this understanding and these predictions to achieve control is necessary.

What is need for studying OB(Organizational behaviour)? 

The importance of OB:

The filed of OB provide an understanding of why people behave as the do in organizations. OB seeks to shed light on the whole complex human factor in organizations by identifying causes and effects of that behaviour. The study of OB benefits us in several ways: Some of them are as follows:

1. Understand Organization and Employee in a better way: The study of OB helps us understand organizations and people in a better way. Friendly and cordial relationship between employee and organizations(managers) create a proper work environment in organizations. In this regard OB serves three purposes:

- what causes behaviour?

-Why particular antecedents (background) cause behaviour?

- Which antecedents of behaviour can be controlled directly and which are beyond control?

2. Motivate Employees : OB supports managers to motivate and encourage employees. Motivations brings good organizational performance. OB helps managers apply appropriate motivational tools and techniques in accordance with the nature of individual employees. OB considers Individual differences  a proper way.