Define behavior as input-output system.
Behavior as Input-out System
Employee is considered as the “spinal cord” of every organization. Managers of every organization must be familiar about behavior of employee. Human behavior is influenced by both internal and external factors. In this regard, it is considered as a system comprising input- processing-output.
Understanding an individual behavior is a very difficult task. Therefore behavior can he observed as input-output system.
Inputs: Stimuli form the inputs for the system and the information getting process or function is the sensation. The event data from the environment are received and transformed to sensations by feeling, hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, etc.
Processing: Something happens to the inputs as soon as they are sent to processing. In processing, three activities are mainly carried out enlisted as follows:
- Selecting information
- Organizing information
- Interpreting information
Outputs: Outputs are the behavioral response of individual. It is caused by inputs and processing components of the individual behavior. The two key responses are covert and overt. The situations in which outputs occur largely influence the working of the system as a whole. These situations may include environmental factors, which affect, the psychomotor process.
