Human Behavior Organization (HBO)

• Human behavior organization (HBO) looks into how people, groups, and organizational structures affect behavior
• The goal of HBO is to increase effectiveness within organizations using the knowledge gained.
• HBO focuses exclusively on employment-related issues like job satisfaction, absenteeism, employment turnover, productivity, human performance, and management

Three Factors That Influence Human Behavior

• People associated with the company or groups
• Groups, or a clump of individuals who have the same understanding, concept, or goal
• Structure describes the assignment of jobs, duties, and job titles inside a firm

Effective Management

• It is the ability to work well and efficiently with others as well as through them
• Managers oversee and guide the employees and operations of a department or organization.
• An effort is made to maintain the company's productivity, efficiency, and organization by implementing operational plans, conducting performance reviews, and monitoring all daily operations

Four Managerial Activities

• Traditional management involves decision-making, planning, and controlling
• Communication includes exchanging routine information and processing paperwork
• Human resources (HR) management involves motivating, disciplining, managing conflict, staffing, and training
• Networking includes socializing, politicking, and interacting with outsiders

Systematic Approach

• Defined as examining connections, identifying causes and effects, and making decisions based on data from science

Evidence-Based Management

• Defined as examining connections, identifying causes and effects, and making decisions based on data from science

Intuition

• It is a natural capacity or talent that allows one to know something without the need for evidence or proof
• An instinct directs actions without fully grasping the rationale

Big Data

• Enormously big data sets may be computationally examined to identify relationships, patterns, and trends, particularly in relation to human behavior and interactions

Psychology

• The goal is to measure, explain, and occasionally alter the attitudes and actions of people and other animals

Social Psychology

• Considered a subfield of psychology, it combines ideas from sociology and psychology to concentrate on the ways in which individuals influence one another

Sociology

• It investigates individuals in relation to the social environment or culture in which they live

Anthropology

• The study of societies to gain knowledge about human people and the activities they engage in

Challenges and Opportunities in HBO

• Working with people from different cultures
• Adapting to different norms
• Workforce demographics and diversity
• Social media's effects
• Employee well-being at work
• Maintaining a positive work environment
• Instilling ethical behavior

HBO Model: Inputs

• Elements such as personality, group structure, and organizational culture influence processes, establishing the foundation for future events inside an organization

HBO Model: Processes

• Activities that people, groups, and organizations take part in that have certain results
• These include leadership and communication, politics and power, negotiation and conflict, and all of them at the group level

HBO Model: Outcomes

• The variables that you wish to forecast or explain, and that are influenced by other variables

Examples of Outcomes

• Attitudes: Assessments that staff members make of things, people, or events, with a range from positive to negative
• Stress: A bad mental condition that happens because of pressures in the surroundings
• Task Performance: The mix of efficacy and efficiency in doing essential duties associated with a job
• Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The use of discretion in a manner to make a positive contribution to the psychological and social atmosphere of the workplace
• Withdrawal Behavior: Measures that employees take in order to disengage from the organization
• Group Cohesion: The extent to which members of a group provide support and validation to one another while they are working together
• Group Functioning: Both the number and the quality of the work that a group produces
• Productivity: The mix of an organization's efficacy and efficiency that makes it successful
• Organizational Survival: The extent to which an organization can continue existing and expanding over an extended period of time

Implications for Managers

• Avoid relying too much on generalizations, and learn about individuals and situations
• Employ measures instead of intuition when attempting to explain cause-and-effect relationships
• Improve the ability to interact with others to further leadership potential
• Gain more technical and conceptual expertise by attending training and keeping up with OB trends, such as big data
• Implementing HBO can help increase the caliber and output of workers by empowering staff, creating and carrying out change initiatives, enhancing customer support, and assisting staff in resolving work-life disputes