BASIC CONCEPTS

CONTENTS
A. Concept of organization Features of organization B. Concept of Human Behavior Influencing the human behavior

A. Concept of organization:
Acc to mooney and reiley, Organization is defined as the form of human association for attaining common objectives.  Acc to louis A. allen Organization can be defined as the process of identifying and grouping the work to be performed, defining and delegating responsibility and authority and establishing relationships for the purpose of enabling people to work most effectively together in accomplishing objectives.


Features of organization


Composition of interrelated individuals: The organization are not merely a number of individuals collected at random but they are composed of individuals who are interrelated. Deliberate and conscious creation& recreation: Organization is a social unit which is deliberately constructed a reconstructed. Member enter in the organization through a contract and can be out also if their performance is not satisfactory. Recreation of groups can be made by the organization through promotions demotions or transfer of people in the organization

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Achievement of common objectives: An organization is a conscious &purposive creation. It is a means towards the achievement of common enterprise objectives. Division of work: Organization helps in dividing the work into related activities so that they are assigned to different individuals. Coordination: It helps in integrating and harmonizing various activities. Various function in an organization depend upon one another and the performance of one influences the other.

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Co-operative relationship: An organization creates co-operative relationship among various members of the group. The relationship should be both vertical and horizontal among members of various departments. The structure should be designed that it motivates people to perform their part of work together. Well defined authority responsibility relationship: An organization consist of various position arranged in a hierarchy with well defined authority and responsibility.

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Group behavior: An organization is a composition of people the success of an organization depends upon the behavior of the people and the group. They can achieve something more together than what they can achieve individually. Performance: The organization main aim is to achieve the goals objectives through effective performance which is possible with human resource development. Organizational development programmers maximize work motivation& creativity. Job enlargement, job enrichment and satisfaction also come under organizational performance

B. Concept of Human Behavior

Organization are people and without people and there would be no organization. If the manager are to understand the organization in which they are work, they must first understand the people who make up the organization. Organizational behavior is the tool, which helps the managers in understanding human behavior in all the directions in which the human being interact.

Human can be studied from the point of view of the following four levels:

 

Individual behavior ( Behavior of Individual in the organization) Interpersonal behavior ( Two person relationship) Group behavior (Behavior of person within the group) Inter group behavior ( Relationship between two groups)

Influencing the human behavior



Leadership: Leadership helps the management in bringing human behavior in tune with the organizational requirements. Leadership serves as the link among the individuals, groups and various other aspects of the organization. Motivation: The job of a manager in the organization is to get things done through others. He will be successful in his job when he can motivate his subordinates to work for organizational goals.

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Communication: People come in contract with each other through communication, thus, communication is known as the building block of the organization. To achieve organizational effectiveness, the communication must be effective. Organizational change and development: Organizational development is needed for the change and development of individuals. Organizations have to undergo changes as a result of social, technological, political and other environment factors.

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Organizational climate: Organizational climate is the creation of an atmosphere of effective supervision, the opportunity for the realization of personal goals, good relation with others at the work place and sense of accomplishment.