Organizational Behaviour

Overt & Covert Stimuli that are present in the Environment

Stimulus

Organism

Perceptual filters, like hearing, seeing & emotional factors personality attitude, etc

Consequence
Positive or Negative Satisfaction & dissatisfaction

Behaviour
Overt & Covert response & pattern of behavior

can be a sound(like someone shouting) a scene(a car accident, a fight. etc...), events(like receiving a paycheck). Organism: is a person, so in OB you can consider that to be an employee or an employer. Behavior: the organism behavior and response in regards to the stimulus( for example a child(Organism) may hit(Behavior) his brother after seeing a violent movie(Stimulus). Consequence: is the outcome that comes after the behavior, it either reinforces(thus repeated) the behavior or punished(thus not repeated). In the child example previously mentioned, his mother can reprimand(Consequence: punishment) him for doing what he did.

Stimulus: is any event that happens in the environment, it

Refers to the manner in which a person experience the world. It is the process by which people organize, interpret & experience ideas & use stimulus materials in the environment so that they satisfy their needs. It involves deciding which information to notice ,how to categorize this information & how to interpret it with in the framework of our existing knowledge .

External factors :- The perception process is influenced by external factors, which may be objects & situations . - Size - Situations - Repetition - Objects - Novelty - Motion - Familiarity

Internal Factors :- Internal factors are within the personal control of the perceivers. They are based on the following :- Psychological Set-up - Personality - Motivation - Learning - Economic & Social Background

The process of perception is receiving,selecting,organising,interpreting,ch ecking & reacting to stimuli. It is like a Input-Throughput-Output process. Input Stimuli Throughput transformation of inputs via selection,organisation & interpretation Outputs ultimate behaviour & action.

Perceptual Process
Through puts

Inputs

Outputs

Stimuli

SelectionOrganizationInterpretation

Action

Receiving Stimuli Selection of Stimuli Organization of stimuli Interpretation Action

It is the process by which people group stimuli into recognizable patterns . Selection gives way to organization & the stimuli selected for attention now appear as a whole. Certain factors as follows helps in understanding the perceptual Organization : -Ambiguous figures - Figure background - Figure Ground - Perceptual Grouping i) Similarity ii) Proximity iii) closure iv) Continuity v) Area