Basic Assumptions of Organizational Behaviour (OB) | Organizational Behaviour

Basic Assumptions of Organizational Behaviour (OB)!

A. Nature of people
1. Individual differences
2. Perception
3. Whole person
4. Motivated behaviour
5. Desire for investment
6. Value of people

B. Nature of organization
1. Social system
2. Mutuality of interest
3. Ethical treatment

A. Nature of people

The main assumption of organizational behaviour based on nature of people are as follows:

 1. Individual differences

Each individual is different from various ways, just as DNA profile of each individual's is different from others. The concept of individual difference comes at first from psychology. Since the date of birth, every person is unique, and individual experiences after birth, tends to make people even more different. So employers should motivate and treat employees differently as per their necessities, attitudes and wishes.

 2. Perception

Peoples perceptions or the ability to see, hear on a same object differ from  each other. That's why two people can present the same object differently. A person always organizes and interprets what he watch on the basis of his lifetime experience and accumulated worth. Employees also see deed/ work differently as per their requirements, personalities, past experiences, social surrounding, etc.

 3. Whole person

Every organization assumes that they have borrowed skill and brain of people working in an organization and they want to detach people from the work environment. However, individuals have two life's working life and family life. They enter an organization not only with skill, knowledge and brain but also they have feeling, emotion and sentiment. According to this assumption, working life cannot be detach from home life and skill, knowledge should not be isolated from their emotion, feeling and sentiment. Therefore, they should be treated as a whole person.

 4. Motivated behavior

Individuals joins an organization not only to contribute to the organizations but also wants to get something from the organization. They have different needs, desire and expectations such needs and desire can be desirable and undesirable. They work to meet their desirable needs therefore, managers must be able to understand their desirable needs and address those needs which are unmet or not fulfilled.

 5. Desire for investment

Every person feel themselves good. It is reflected by the feeling of self efficiency where they belive that they have ability of resources and knowledge to make the decision and solve the problem. They are kindly interested on sharing their efficiency or expertise to make better decision and make the organization successfull. So this assumption suggest the managers to understand such desire and participate employees on decision making.

 6. Value of people

People are the important resources who maintain control over all other factors of production. They belive that they are the unique creation of god or nature and they deserve separate types of treatment than other function of production. They refuse the old concept that people are the tool of production process and they accept proper care, respect and dignity.

B. Nature of organization

Organizations are the assembles of people established to achieve common goals. Based on the nature of organization main assumption of organizational behaviour are as follows:

 1. Social system

Every organization borns, growths and ultimately dies in the society. It receives input from the society. After transportation process it delivers the output to the society. Therefore, organization cannot be isolated from social activities. The managers of the organization needs to understand the organization as a corporate citizen and must act like the natural citizen for the growth and prosperity of society.

 2. Mutuality of interest

Organizations and people are two different but interrelated factors. This assumption advocates that people need organization and organization need people. This means people need organization to satisfy their personal goals and organization need people to achieve their organizational goals. Therefore, their shoud be effective relationship between people and an organization to achieve a common goal.

 3. Ethical treatment

Ethics refers to the moral principles and values that determine right or wrong, good or bad. The ethical treatment refers to that behaviour which focuses on following good or right and refusing bad or wrong. Managers in the organization must understand what is ethical or unethical and develop the environment to promote ethically healthy atmosphere by conducting different types of trainings, seminars, conferences, etc which provides the triple reward system that is benefit to people, society and organization.