what is organizational behavior?

An organization is a “...collection of people working together in a planned, deliberate structure to achieve a common goal. Organizations are also social systems with interpersonal relationships involved in innovating, planning, implementing, evaluating and producing goals utilizing human resources”(Shelfer, 2000) Organizational Behavior is best explained as the way people react and interact both individually, and as a group; and its subsequent impact on the overall effectiveness of an organization. The relationship between the two is basically symbiotic in nature, an organization could not exist without people and people participate in an organization in order to provide themselves with income, sense of accomplishment, social opportunity and other benefits, both tangible and intangible. The study of behavior in organizations is nothing new but it has become a more prominent...