Seda, Marian Emerine A. August 28, 2022
II- CHRDM Module 1 page 1
Assignment No. 1
1. What is organizational behavior and why is it important?
With the word “organization”, it consists of people who are working together to achieve a
common purpose or goal. On the other hand, “behavior” is the way someone acts or
responds to a particular situation. By putting it together, “organizational behavior” is the
understanding of how people behave and perform their job inside the organization.
According to Kangal, “Organizational behavior is the systematic study and application of
knowledge about how individuals and groups act within the organizations where they work.”
It is not just a discipline but a field of study that determines how the different factors like
environmental and social affects the way individual, groups and the organization interact and
perform in the working environment.
Organizational behavior is important in many ways. OB helps to improve the effectiveness
and efficiency of organizational goals by creating strategies or methods. For example, to
build a good relationship in a team, they must have effective communication and aligned
goal that helps to determine the direction of their work. For managers, they must have a
management style where they can influence, lead and motivate their subordinates to do well.
When it comes to conflicts or problems, OB helps to approach these things by understanding
the main cause of it and creates preventive solutions. For example, when the subordinates
are having different opinion or interest towards a certain task and they are also having
difficulty in changing roles, this is where the management should take different views and
clearly stated again the agreed upon roles and responsibilities. Mutual gain should be the
basis of seeking resolution and ensure that good relationship is maintained.
2. What are the different environmental forces that redesigned management practices
in most organizations?
These are the environmental forces redesigning management practices in most
organizations:
1. Power of Human Resources
HR has a vital role in the organization. They help to improve the working experience of the
employees by identifying their needs and applying motivational tools. Especially now that we
are on a pandemic, the work-life balance of employees decreases. Although, most people
have already been adjusted to the new normal and hybrid setting, there are still struggling
