“ORGANAIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR”

1. Behaviour:
A way of any action done by human being which is visible is called as a behaviour. For example,
helping, nicely talking, laziness, etc.

Types: -
 Helping Behaviour
Any behaviour aimed towards assistance and facilitating others is called helping
behaviour. It refers to actions intended to help others, with reward regarded or
disregarded. e.g. helping a person in need, giving funds to needy persons or charity,
sharing personal resources, etc.
 Herding Behaviour
Any behaviour showed to follow some other’s behaviour is called as herding behaviour.
e.g. as investors imitate actions of other investors and he will sell his stocks when other
investors will start selling.
 Risk-taking Behaviour
Any behaviour with some associated probability of undesired results (unpredicted loss or
gain) is called as risk taking behaviour, e.g. entrepreneurship. It may refer to the tendency
to engage in activities that have the potential to be harmful or dangerous, e.g. racing,
casino games etc.
 Opportunistic Behaviour
Any behaviour aimed towards seeking profit with cleverness by not fulfilling promises is
referred as opportunistic behaviour. This behavior is motivated by the maximization of
self-interest and loss of the other persons, e.g. cheating in exams in order to top in class.
 Creative Behaviour
Behaviour that involve identifying original and better ways of accomplishing a task. e.g.
using smart tools, planning creatively to solve a problem.

2. Personality Traits
This OCEAN model is used for explaining 5 big personality traits.
  Openness to Experience
It is a disposition to be imaginative, non-confirming and unconventional. A person with a
high level of openness to experience in a personality test enjoys trying new things
 Conscientiousness
It is a disposition to be responsible, dependable, persistent and achievement oriented. It
is the personality trait of being careful, or diligent. Conscientiousness implies a desire to
do a task well, and to take obligations to others seriously. Conscientious people tend to
be efficient and organized.
 Extraversion
It is a disposition to be energetic, cheerful and sociable. A person with this trait enjoys
being with people, participating in social gatherings, and are full of energy.
 Agreeableness
It is a disposition to be gentle, flexible, forgiving and patient. A person with a high level of
agreeableness is usually warm, friendly, and tactful. They generally have an optimistic
view of human nature and get along well with others.
 Neuroticism
It is a disposition to show anxiety, fear of hostility, depression and personal insecurity.
Individuals who are high in neuroticism are more likely than average to be moody and to
experience such feelings as anxiety, worry, fear, anger, frustration, envy, jealousy, guilt,
depressed mood, and loneliness.

Personal Identity is the personality visible to you.

Reputation is the personality visible to others.

Personality
Behaviour
Traits

Behavioural
Intension

Extent to which a person is willing to show a behaviour.

 Nurturance
It is a disposition to be supportive, helpful and facilitating to others. A person with this
trait gives emotional and physical nourishment and care to someone.
 Orderliness
It is a disposition to seek order and symmetry in everything and every work of our daily
life. Persons who are high in orderliness are well mannered and organized.
 Sociability
It is a disposition to seek friends, companions and social relations. People with this type
of personality are very interactive and they have a very good accent of speaking.

3. Job Types: -
 Realistic
A job which is simple, technical and repetitive. People with these jobs are often good at
mechanical or athletic jobs. Good college majors for Realistic people are…
o Agriculture
o Health Assistant
o Computers
o Construction
o Mechanic/Machinist
o Engineering
o Food and Hospitality
 Investigative
A job which is scientific, complex and analytical. People of these jobs like to watch, learn,
analyze and solve problems. Good college majors for Investigative people are…
o Marine Biology
o Engineering
o Chemistry
o Zoology
o Medicine/Surgery
o Consumer Economics
o Psychology
 Artistic
A job which is imaginative, expressive and flexible. People with these jobs like to work in
unstructured situations where they can use their creativity. Good majors for Artistic
people are…
o Communications
o Cosmetology
o Fine and Performing Arts
 o Photography
o Radio and TV
o Interior Design
o Architecture
 Social
A job which is cooperative, humanitarian and interpersonal. People with these jobs like
to work with other people, rather than things. Good college majors for Social people are…
o Counseling
o Nursing
o Physical Therapy
o Travel
o Advertising
o Public Relations
o Education
 Enterprising
A job which follows driven goals, sales and leadership. People with these jobs like to work
with others and enjoy persuading and performing. Good college majors for Enterprising
people are:
o Fashion Merchandising
o Real Estate
o Marketing/Sales
o Law
o Political Science
o International Trade
o Banking/Finance

 Conventional
A job which is data oriented, detail oriented and clerical. People with these jobs are very
detail oriented, organized and like to work with data. Good college majors for
Conventional people are…
o Accounting
o Court Reporting
o Insurance
o Administration
o Medical Records
o Banking
o Data Processing
4. Organizational Culture
A pattern of basic assumptions discovered, invented or developed by a group of people
while learning to cope with problems of external adaption and internal integration that
have been found valuable and thus taught to new group members or correct ways of
perceiving, thinking and feeling about these problems.
Types:
 Innovation culture
This culture promotes risk-taking, experimentation and doesn’t being careful,
stable and secure.
e.g. software firms, advertising firms, film/drama production firms.
 Detail-Oriented culture
This culture promotes analysis, attention to detail and precision.
e.g. banks, accounting firms, audit firms.
 Outcome culture
This culture promotes achievement orientation, result orientation, demanding and
high expectations.
e.g. Sales and marketing, NGOs, sports teams.
 Aggressive culture
This culture promotes aggressiveness, competition and opportunities.
e.g. armed forces, Olympics.
 Supportive culture
It promotes supportiveness, sharing information and praising high performance.
e.g. IT and software firms, constructional firms.
 Rewarding culture
This culture promotes professional growth and high benefits for performance.
e.g. event management firms, chartered accountancy firms.
 Team culture
This culture promotes teamwork and collaboration.
e.g. Armed forces
 Decisive culture
This culture promotes decisiveness, predictability and low conflict.
5. Theory of Planned Behaviour

•Subjective Norms Behavioural

•Social Norms Behaviour
•Attitudes Intension
•Perceived Behavioural Control

 Subjective Norms:
 Perceived social pressures to perform or not perform a behaviour.
 Perceived social pressures to remain silent in injustice
 Perceived behavioral control
Perception of its how much easy or difficult to perform a behaviour.
Volitional Behaviour: Behaviour which is in your control
 Attitudes
Favorable or unfavorable evaluation or appraisal of a behaviour.
 Social Norms
Perceived social behaviors to perform or not perform a behaviour.
 Behavioral Intension:
 Indicator of how much a person is willing to try to perform a behaviour.
 Indicator of how much of an effort, a person is planning to exert
 Behaviour:
 Help seeking behaviour
 Information seeking behaviour
 Feedback seeking behaviour
 Compliance behaviour
 Silence behaviour
 Voice behaviour, etc.

6. Stress
According to conversation of resources theory; Stress is an individual’s response to
environment which is marked by,
 Threat of net loss of resources
 Perceived or actual loss of resources
 Lack of gain after investment of resources.
 Stressors:
All factors in the environment which cause stress are called stressors.
Resources: Valuable factors
 Objects
Anything which is valuable due to its intrinsic value or its associated status. e.g. Car,
house.
 Personal Characteristics
Any attribute or characteristic of a person which helps in stress resistance.
e.g. demographics (Language, Gender, Education), psychographics (Resiliency,
Efficiency), Socio graphics (Wealthfulness, cast).
 Conditions
Desirable conditions e.g. Employment, Marriage, Education.
 Energies
Energy resources are the resources which are valuable not due to their intrinsic
value but due to their ability to acquire their resources e.g. Money, Time, Effort,
Knowledge.
 Social Relations
Valuable relations with other.

7. Conservation of resource theory

 People are motivated to obtain, retain and protect resources.
 Those with greater resources are more likely to obtain more resources.
 Those who lack resources are less likely to obtain more resources.
 Those with greater resources are more likely to take risk.
 Those who lack resources are likely to show defensive posture.
 Those who are facing stress are more likely to protect resources. These are called
self-protective behaviour.
 Those who are not facing stress are likely to build resources.