Posts

Showing posts from June, 2023

OB - Model Solution Group B Question 2

  Group 'B' - Critical Analysis Questions Question 2.  Critically examine the theoretical frameworks of organizational behavior (OB). Answer: Organizational Behavior (OB) is a field of study that explores how individuals, groups, and structures within an organization interact and influence each other. It draws upon various theoretical frameworks to understand and explain human behavior in the workplace. Here is a critical examination of some of the key theoretical frameworks in OB: Classical Management Theory: This framework, exemplified by the works of Frederick Taylor and Henri Fayol, focuses on principles of scientific management, bureaucracy, and administrative theory. While these theories have contributed to the understanding of organizational structures and processes, they have been criticized for their mechanistic view of employees as passive and interchangeable parts of the system. They often neglect individual differences, motivation, and the complexity of human behav...

Organizational Behaviour - Case Study 1

MBS - First Semester Model Question - 2019 Group 'A': Case Analysis Carefully read and analyze the case given below and answer the questions that follow: [30 Marks] Good people - valuable employees - quit their jobs every day. Usually, they  leave for better positions elsewhere. Take Anup, an experienced banker in a  reputed bank, who scribbled the following remarks on his exit interview  questionnaire:  "This job isn't right for me. I like to have more input on  decisions that affect me- more of a chance to show what I can do. I don't get  enough feedback to tell if I'm doing a good job or not, and the company keeps  people in the dark about where it's headed. Basically, I feel like an  interchangeable part most of the time".  In answer to the question about whether  the company could have done anything to keep him, Anup replied simply, "Probably  not."  Why do so many promising employees leave their jobs? And why do so many...