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Behavior, 8e
Schermerhorn, Hunt, and
Osborn
Prepared by
Michael K. McCuddy
Valparaiso University
Organizations
– Groups of people who work interdependently toward
some purposes
• Structured patterns of interactions
• Coordinated tasks
• Work toward some purpose
Value System
Organizational Personality Emotions
Behavior Behavior Perceptions
(Micro) Motivation Learning Styles
Physical Attributes Cognitions
KSAOs
Teams Conflict
(Meso)
Stress Leadership
Structure
Organizational
Organizational Culture
Development
Theory Industry
(Macro) Environment Organizational
Change
Organizational Behavior: Chapter 1 6
Why Study Organizational Behavior
Understand
organizational
events
Organizational
Behavior
Research
Influence Predict
organizational organizational
events events
– Mission statements.
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Planning Organizing
Management
Functions
Controlling Leading
Functions of management.
– Planning.
• Defining goals, setting specific performance
objectives, and identifying the actions needed to
achieve them.
– Organizing.
• Creating work structures and systems, and
arranging resources to accomplish goals and
objectives.
Managerial roles.
– Interpersonal roles.
• Figurehead: hosting and attending official ceremonies
• Leader
• Liaison: maintaining contacts with important people
– Informational roles.
• Monitor: seeking out relevant information
• Disseminator: sharing information with insiders
• Spokesperson: sharing information with outsiders
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright © 1973 E X H I B I T 1–1
by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright © 1973 E X H I B I T 1–1 (cont’d)
by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
Organizational Behavior: Chapter 1 30
Mintzberg’s Managerial Roles (cont’d)
Source: Adapted from The Nature of Managerial Work by H. Mintzberg. Copyright © 1973 E X H I B I T 1–1 (cont’d)
by H. Mintzberg. Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education.
Organizational Behavior: Chapter 1 31
What is the nature of managerial work?