1.2 What is Organisational Behaviour (OB)? Organisational behaviour (OB) is the study of the way people interact within groups. Normally this study is applied in an attempt to create more efficient business organisations. The central idea of the study of organisational behaviour is that a scientific approach can be applied to the management of workers. Organisational behaviour theories are used for human resource purposes to maximize the output from individual group members (Investopedia 2016). When we study OB, we investigate what people think, feel, and do in and around organisations. We can understand organisations to mean groups of people who work interdependently toward some purpose. . OB is concerned with human behaviour at work. . In general, OB is concerned with how aspects of the person, the presence of others and organisational systems impact on behaviour. · Employers and employees have much to learn from an understanding of OB since it contributes to 'successes' for both parties. · A good question to consider is: 'Whose success?' and you should be able to answer by the end of this unit of study. 1.3 Readings and resources Once you have set up your VitalSource Bookshelf account and activated your eText, all of the links to the chapters in the eText throughout the learning materials will take you directly to that place in the eText. For more information about your VitalSource Bookshelf account and eText, visit the Student Portal. Essential readings . For detail on the four perspectives of OB and the three opportunities and challenges that it can offer an organisation, read Chapter 1 Introduction to the field of organisational behaviour (Links to an external site. )Links to an external site. (pp. 2-27) of your eText. Additional resources . You may have heard of the 'glass ceiling', but what do you know about the 'bamboo ceiling'? What do you think the term refers to? . In the ASX 200, what percentage of chief executive officers have an Anglo Celtic background and what percentage have a European background do you think?
. Why do you think Ming Long, a business executive with a long history in the finance industry and former fund manager for lnveata's $2.5-billion real estate trust, argues that the bamboo ceiling is a barrier to Australia's economic opportunities? · Read 'Bamboo ceiling' keeping non-Anglo Australians from leadership roles, Rights Commission finds (Links to an external site. )Links to an external site. (Kozaki 2016) to learn how Australia potentially misses out on the diversity of leadership styles from around the world. < http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-28/human-rights-commission-finds-lack- of-diversity-among-leaders/7666094>, VIEWED 06/11/2017. 10 Principles for Mobilizing Your Organizational Culture 1 Work with and within your current cultural situations. 2 Change behaviors. and mind-sets will follow. 6 Link behaviors to business objectives. 7 Demonstrate impact quickly. 3 Focus on a critical few behaviors. 8 4 ... Deploy your authentic informal leaders. 5 Don't let your formal leaders off the hook. 9 10 Use cross- organizational methods to go viral. Align programmatic Actively manage your cultural situation over time.