Organisational Behaviour and its Role in Management of Business

Abstract

Managers get the work done through people. They allocate the resources, direct the activities of others, and take decisions to attain organisational goals. Organisation is a coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people, which functions to achieve a common goal. Managers are responsible for the functioning of the organisation. The world has become a global village. Understanding Organisational Behaviour has become very important for managers today. Globalization has presented challenges and opportunities for Organisational Behaviour. Various changes such as increase in the number of women employees, corporate downsizing, increase in number of temporary workers are taking place in the organisations. Business is shifting to where the technology is. One can say that Business has become technology driven. There are a lot of challenges and opportunities for managers to use organisational behaviour concepts. Organisational Behaviour focuses on how to improve productivity, reduce absenteeism, turnover and deviant workplace behaviour and increase organisational citizenship behaviour and job satisfaction. It is concerned with the study of what people do in an organisation and how their behaviour affects the organisations performance. The following paper is conceptual in nature and it attempts to explain what Organisation Behaviour is and its role in management of business