Assignment 1: Discussion—Employee Impact on the Plan
An organization can come up with the best strategy but in order to execute and be effective/successful it takes human capital to implement. Employees (management and staff alike) need to be bought into any strategy and its proposed results—this can make or break a plan. Understanding organizational behavior is an important part of plan execution.
Using the module readings, the Internet, respond to the following for your own organization or an organization you know well:
- What are the individual behaviors that you can observe that have the most dramatic impact on the organization’s performance (good or bad)?
- What within the work setting drives these behaviors?
- What are the implications of these behaviors for recruiting and training new employees?
Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By Monday, April 14, 2014, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Tuesday, April 15, 2014, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.
This is how I typically sound in my writing…this can be used as a focal point for the discussion:
Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of individuals and their behavior within an organization. It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology, psychology, communication and management. (Cornell University Library Guides, 2011) Organizations are referred to as a group of people that share a common purpose within the same environment. Organizational behavior therefore refers to how groups of people behave within the organization due to the changes in culture with each stage of the business.
Power is the ability to make things happen, as you want them to through a person, team or organization. It can be getting anyone to do what you want done. However, influence is the possession of what you have when power is exercised. (Organizational Behavior, 2003)
My organization: Darden Restaurants. You can make anything up. 🙂
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