APPROACHES TO OB

There are 4 Approaches to Organizational Behavior studies:

• Human Resources Approach:

This approach recognizes that human resources in an organisation are the central force. Their development will contribute to the success of the organisation. Human resources approach provides for the changes in the managerial role. It requires that the managers, instead of controlling the employees, should provide active support to them by treating them as part of the group.

• Contingency Approach:

The approach stresses that there is no single way to manage effectively under all circumstances. The methods of behaviors that work effectively in one situation may fail in another. Therefore managers have to come up with different ideas and strategies in different situations.

• Productivity Approach:

Productivity which is the ratio of output to input is a measure of an organization’s effectiveness. It also reveals the manager’s efficiency in optimizing resource utilization.The higher the numerical value of this ratio, the greater the efficiency.

• System Approach:

The systems approach is of the view that an organisation is a powerful system with several subsystems that are highly and closely interconnected. Any action taken to solve the problems in one subsystem will have its effect on the other subsystems as well; since all the parts of the organisation are closely connected. Thus, this approach gives the managers a way of looking at the organisation as a whole.

REFERENCE:

BBA SEM III BOOK