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Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior studies how individuals, groups, and organizational systems shape behavior at work. This section connects employee motivation, learning, team dynamics, leadership, culture, conflict, and change to practical management decisions.

Read the pages as a connected sequence. Individual behavior explains why people respond differently to the same workplace. Group dynamics explains what changes when people work together. Leadership, culture, conflict, and change show how managers influence the larger work system.

Learning Path​

  1. Introduction to Organizational Behavior: levels of analysis, core concepts, managerial application.
  2. Individual Behavior and Learning: personality, perception, attitudes, learning, reinforcement, and behavior change.
  3. Motivation Theories: needs, fairness, expectancy, goals, reinforcement, and work design.
  4. Group Dynamics: teams, norms, roles, cohesion, decision-making, and psychological safety.
  5. Organizational Culture and Climate: shared assumptions, climate, socialization, performance, and culture change.
  6. Leadership Styles and Theories: leadership power, styles, contingency, path-goal, transformational, and ethical leadership.
  7. Conflict and Negotiation: conflict types, causes, management styles, negotiation, BATNA, and ethics.
  8. Change Management: change models, resistance, communication, implementation, and sustaining change.

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