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Characteristics of Organisational Behavior:

1. Behavioural Approach to Management:
   Organisational behaviour is that part of whole management which represents the behavioural
   approach to management. Organisational behaviour has emerged as a distinct field of study
   because of the importance of human behaviour in organisations.


2. Cause and Effect Relationship:
   Human behaviour is generally taken in terms of cause and effect relationship and not in
   philosophical terms. It helps in predicting the behaviour of individuals. It provides
   generalizations that managers can use to anticipate the effect of certain activities on human
   behaviour.


3. Organisational Behaviour is a Branch of Social Sciences:
   ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
   SUBJECT CODE: U2BA21AT
   ANITH NEEMA S
   ASST PROF,DEPT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2
   Organisational behaviour is heavily influenced by several other social sciences viz. psychology,
   sociology and anthropology. It draws a rich array of research from these disciplines.


4. Three Levels of Analysis:
   Organisational behaviour encompasses the study of three levels of analysis namely individual
   behaviour, inter-individual behaviour and the behaviour of organisations themselves. The field of
   organisational behaviour embraces all these levels as being complementary to each other.


5. A Science as well as an Art:
   Organisational behaviour is a science as well as an art. The systematic knowledge about human
   behaviour is a science and the application of behavioural knowledge and skills is an art.
   Organisational behaviour is not an exact science because it cannot exactly predict the behaviour
   of people in organisations. At best a manager can generalize to a limited extent and in many
   cases, he has to act on the basis of partial information.


6. A Body of Theory, Research and Application:
   Organisational behaviour consists of a body of theory, research and application which helps in
   understanding the human behaviour in organisation. All these techniques help the managers to
   solve human problems in organisations.


7. Beneficial to both Organisation and Individuals:
   Organisational behaviour creates an atmosphere whereby both organisation and individuals are
   benefitted by each other. A reasonable climate is created so that employees may get much
   needed satisfaction and the organisation may attain its objectives.


8. Rational Thinking:
   Organisational behaviour provides a rational thinking about people and their behaviour. The
   major objective of organisational behaviour is to explain and predict human behaviour in
   organisations, so that result yielding situations can be created.