Organizational behavior – definition

Organizational behavior is, as simple as possible said, the representation of people’s dynamics in an organized environment: company, public sector or NGO = a collective person. Dynamics, in physics, is the study of the causes of motion and its five variables: momentum, force, potential energy, pressure and power. Momentum is...

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When your job makes you happy

A job is not only about the money. It is about a compensation that is satisfactory, a challenging work environment, the opportunities for moving forward in your career, and about the people that you work with. Even if you would like your job to be something repetitive, with fixed hours and just breaking the door when the bell rings,...

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Predict, explain, and manage

Organizational behavior is not just a text book for those interested. That is how I understood it first. It took time for the theory to settle in and relate with my previous and actual experiences. Common sense has not much in common with science. The research in the human nature field of the professional life is extensive. And is...

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The meaning of motivation

You are persistent in your work and make the effort in the direction of the goal set for you by your employer. In organizational behavior this equals a motivated employee. Motivation has two components: internal needs (intrinsic motivation) and external objects (extrinsic motivation). Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards...

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