State briefly the levels of analysis of OB.
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Organizational Behavior
Levels of OB
OB is the systematic study of what people do in an organization and how their behaviour affects organization’s performance. Analysis of organizational behaviour can be done in reference to three key levels explained below:
- Individual level: OB views organization as individual's behaviour. It studies the individual behaviour of people and how they react to organizational plan, policies, etc. Psychological theories like learning, motivation and leadership are also considered in studying the behaviour of an individual. It also studies the factor iike learning, perception, belief, and attitude of each individual.
- Group level: OB views organization as the group behaviour. It studies how the group interacts with each other? How they work? What types of task the groups are performing? How does leadership influence to the group? etc.
- Organizational level: OB is the behavioural science. It studies the behaviour of organization as a whole. In studying the organization, it applies the knowledge of behavioural science. OB analyzes how the organizational structure, designs, technology influences the organizational effectiveness. It tries to focus the relationship between organization and environmental factor that directly or indirectly affects the organization.
Bijay Satyal
Oct 28, 2021